by Sean Reilly | May 22, 2008
An al-Qaeda leader in Iraq has been sentenced to death for the killing of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho – despite the church’s opposition to the death penalty. The Iraqi government said the criminal court had imposed the death...
by Sean Reilly | May 22, 2008
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has expressed shock and sadness over the violence directed at foreigners living in the Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg. The violence has now spread to the city centre and across the Gauteng region. Churches and...
by Sean Reilly | May 20, 2008
Autism campaigners around the world are urging church leaders and clergy to understand the complex needs of children and adults with autism and Asperger’s Syndtome in the light of a hugely controversial decision by a Roman Catholic priest, Rev Daniel Walz who...
by Sean Reilly | May 19, 2008
Children and adults from Washington, DC held the 1st Annual ‘Cluster Bomb Olympics’ organised by religious groups and others this weekend outside the White House. The event was organised to generate public awareness of cluster bombs before today’s...
