by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
The need to “re-frame the religious dimensions” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a key goal of a 4-day international theological conference which began yesterday in the Swiss capital, Bern. The conference involves some 65 theologians and church...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a policy research body bringing together the world’s richest developed countries, has suggested that fears about migration and hostility towards migrant workers are unjustified. A new report from...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
The Earth remains intact after the start of the largest particle physics experiment ever conducted, at CERN in Switzerland, following high profile scares that it might destroy the world – a sign, say academics, of the media’s “science...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Vietnam has been accused by the government there of breaking the law and causing disorder by supporting prayer vigils against the authorities’ confiscation of Catholic Church property. The archbishop has bee accused of...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
Christian denominations working through the ecumenical Action of Churches Together and the Catholic network Caritas are contributing short- and long-term aid to those hit by hurricanes and tropical storms recently. The British agency CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas...
