by Sean Reilly | Jun 26, 2008
Churches around the world will pray for the peoples of the Pacific as an international church initiative against violence focuses attention on the region this year. Pacific churches themselves will work together on how best to promote peace in their communities. This...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 25, 2008
A group including Evangelical, Baptist, Catholic, and Other Religious Leaders, six former Secretaries of State for Defence, and top officials from every US administration since the Vietnam war, are today calling on the US President to issue an executive order banning...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 25, 2008
Witnesses for creative peacemaking from member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Burundi, Brazil, Greece and the United States will travel to Germany, 27 June – 4 July, for an exchange of experiences in overcoming violence. The visit is part of...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 25, 2008
A key figure on the US religious right, which is anxious that its political grip on the large evangelical constituency in America is waning, has launched an attack on Senator Barack Obama and his Christian credentials. Mr Obama, who has just received full backing from...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 25, 2008
While the world looks elsewhere, the humanitarian and political problems in Burma continue. But global church and development agencies are continuing to work on the short- and long-term development issues facing the country. The US agency Church World Service (CWS)...
