by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
The run-off in the Zimbabwean presidential election will not be credible without an immediate end to intimidation, violence and torture and deployment of reliable international election observers, the Catholic Church in the region has said. “Out of concern for...
by Sean Reilly | May 13, 2008
The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years, registered at a magnitude of 7.9, has killed at least 10,000 people in the south-western Sichuan province, with thousands more trapped and injured, says the BBC and news agencies. Chinese state media said that...
by Sean Reilly | May 13, 2008
President Vladimir Putin’s successor, Dmitry Medvedev, was inaugurated in the Kremlin with pomp, circumstance, and prayers from Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church – writes Sophia Kishkovsky. After the main ceremony on 7 May, at a moleben,...
by Sean Reilly | May 12, 2008
Is it possible for a broken church to act as an agent for healing in a divided society? A gathering of people from peace church denominations in the United States has met to explore the practical and ecclesial issues. The conference of Church of the Brethren and...
by Sean Reilly | May 11, 2008
While the food crisis in North Korea continues largely unnoticed in the wider world, due to the country’s isolation, a North American Anabaptist peace church is taking quiet steps to provide agricultural assistance. A grant of U$42,500 from the Church of the...
