by Sean Reilly | Nov 8, 2007
A member of a leading workers’ rights organisation in Brazil, partnered by Christian Aid and other aid agencies, has been shot dead at point-blank range after fighting broke out during the occupation of a genetically modified crops testing site. Valmir Motta, a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 8, 2007
Student Umedjon Sharifov uses blow-up dolls in his voluntary work for a Tajikistani non-governmental organization around the Central Asian country’s third-largest city of Kulob and he shows videos against domestic violence to men and women – writes Peter...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 8, 2007
The Vatican has sent a message urging cooperation between Christians and Hindus in anticipation of their celebration of Diwali on 9 November. Shared by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the world as the ‘Festival of Light,’ Diwali marks the triumph of life...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
“Some would have said that this event was not possible, but here we are – and the world wonders what will come next,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia at the opening of the Global Christian Forum taking...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A diverse group of prominent lay Catholics – including 11 former ambassadors and former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees – have called for a more civil tone to replace the ‘divisive rhetoric and partisan attacks that...
