by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Christian-Muslim relations and the rights of the minority Christian community are among the likely discussion points when Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah next week – after his controversial UK state visit. The meeting will be the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
The US United Methodist Church’s legislative body has upheld a bishop’s decision that a pastor who changed gender from female to male remains eligible to serve the church, in a move welcomed by those supporting transgender persons. In combining two...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Several weeks after a brutal crackdown on thousands of democracy protesters across Burma, over a hundred Buddhist monks have taken part in the first public demonstration in northern Burma since the government’s wave of repression. In Pakokku the monks marched...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Leaders from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and independent member churches are lobbying the United Nations and member states as part of their concerted ongoing advocacy efforts for Africa and other causes. On Thursday 1...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, has said that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world. He was speaking on Monday 29 October 2007 in New York, USA, before the second committee...
