by Sean Reilly | Jun 29, 2008
Robert Mugabe waved a Bible and made an oath of allegiance before God to Zimbabwe as he was sworn in as president following an election widely dismissed as meaningless. But anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Tutu says he must go. Dr Tutu, Noble Peace Prize Laureate and...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 29, 2008
As the summer holiday season draws near for many, the Vatican has issued a set of guidelines offering advice on how to make vacations more environmentally responsible and friendly. “One can choose to be a tourist at odds with the Earth or in favour of it,”...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
In a campaign comment ahead of today’s uncontested election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a “moral compass” and said that gays in the church are a sign of “moral degeneracy”. The...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
The Chinese government has given permission for special distribution of booklets of the Gospels, copies of the New Testament and full Bibles during the Olympic Games. Olympic athletes and visitors will be allowed to take religious and spiritual materials from a...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
Challenges facing Christians today are too strong for a divided church, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia in Egypt recently, as he called for church unity both locally and globally. Kobia was speaking during a 16-21 June...
