by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
Speaking at a pastoral congress in Germany last week, Cardinal Martino deplored the prejudice and hatred being meted out to Romany and travelling people (often called “Gypsies”) in many parts of Europe, and called on the churches to support them. In an...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 7, 2008
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not be bullied into power sharing at any cost and has challenged President Robert Mugabe to hold new elections if he is not prepared to reach a genuine agreement. Mr Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 6, 2008
The United Nations is warning that more than half a million people are in need of emergency assistance after storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna battered the island of Haiti. Over 500 people are now known to have been killed in floods and landslides in Haiti caused by...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
A pastoral delegation sent by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to Georgia and Russia has not been able to visit South Ossetia from the Georgian side of the ceasefire line. Unable to make the half-hour drive to Tskhinvali from within Georgia, they are now traveling...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have jointly called on the Prime Minister of India requesting his intervention to end the violence in the state of Orissa. The WCC is also inviting its member churches and all Christians to...
