by Sean Reilly | Apr 28, 2008
This Easter season, Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan received visits to his office from a string of journalists. It happens every year at this time, with reporters wanting to write about the Holy Land during Christianity’s most important annual festival...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 28, 2008
Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details In the fourth week since Zimbabwe went to the polls a violent crack down is clearly underway, says Christian aid agency Tearfund. As Zanu PF militias target those suspected of...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 27, 2008
The World Council of Churches has called for the immediate release of the full and complete results of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, as Christians around the world prepares to take part in an international day of prayer for the southern African nation on 27 April....
by Sean Reilly | Apr 25, 2008
Nancy R. Heisey is being taken for a ride, but she’s not objecting. Heisey, chair of the Bible and religion department at Eastern Mennonite University in the USA, is “trying to do my responsible part” in caring for the environment by leaving her car...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 25, 2008
The election of former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay is a further sign of a left-wing shift in Latin America, according to observers of the region’s political scene. Lugo, dubbed the “bishop of the poor”, won the...
