by Sean Reilly | May 15, 2008
Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details With the area conferences of the United Methodist Church preparing to meet in July, South Central Jurisdiction is expected to address the controversial 2007 decision to lease...
by Sean Reilly | May 15, 2008
Churches throughout the world are preparing to respond to six decades of conflict in Israel-Palestine with a week of actions for justice and peace, reports the World Council of Churches, which is helping to coordinate the event. A common prayer and message for peace...
by Sean Reilly | May 15, 2008
The Kochhar Humanist Education Center (KHEC), which was launched yesterday by the American Humanist Association, is to develop a curriculum for the humanist equivalent of Sunday schools. This will include programs in ethics geared to serve the children of atheists,...
by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
Chinese churches and Christian agencies, as well as the government and army, have begun responding to the recent earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, has devastated a region west of the provincial capital Chengdu. Latest figures coming out of...
by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
The National Council of Churches in India has joined the battle to turn green by calling for Christians to mobilise in the world’s second most populous nation, and to join in the fight against global warming – writes Anto Akkara. “We urge all member...
