by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Mount Kilimanjaro pokes through the clouds like an inverted cone dipped into white cream. Still, even on a winter’s day, from the nearby town of Moshi, the mountain’s majestic snow-capped peak shows bald patches, and these are increasing – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Israeli soldiers have assaulted Christian Peacemakers and shot and killed a Palestinian youth in a village north of Hebron. Mohammad Al-Alameh, who was 17, was a member of a family with whom the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has had frequent contact in recent...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has urged South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to “take urgent measures to strengthen inter-Korean relationships without any pre-conditions”. In a 1 July letter to Lee, Kobia...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 1, 2008
Peaceful and positive global pressure needed to bring change to Zimbabwe says a Mennonite church leader with direct experience of the situation in the conflict-torn southern African nation. Ferne Burkhardt writes: “It is God’s grace that sustains us,” said...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 1, 2008
Ideas for “bringing unity down to earth”, “communicative action” and a “theology of the wilderness” were among the winning entries submitted for an essay contest on Prospects for Ecumenism in the 21st Century. The winners, two women...
