by Sean Reilly | May 10, 2008
Burma’s military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise, say news agencies. The...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
The World Council of Churches is inviting member churches and related organizations to join a week of advocacy and action for a just peace in Palestine and Israel. Participants will contribute to a common international witness for peace in early June 2008. The tragic...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone. This evening, the BBC reported that the...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
A group of 70 major American Evangelical leaders have issued a manifesto which they hope will promote better conversation within their tradition, and a more positive public profile for evangelical Christianity in the United States. They say that the one in four...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) can no longer be relied upon as a “neutral and nonpartisan electoral umpire”, according to the Justice and Peace Commission of the Zimbabwean Catholic Bishops’ Conference – reports FIDES. In a statement...
