by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Aid agencies are warning of a housing crisis as Bangladesh approaches the monsoon season. Five months after Cyclone Sidr killed 4,000 people and destroyed nearly 1.5 million homes, millions of Bangladeshis remain in dire need of housing assistance say the agencies....
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
A deal brokered with Mexico’s government has freed 145 prisoners after campaigning by thousands worldwide. The Catholic Church has successfully helped broker a deal with Mexico’s Chiapas state government to free the political prisoners. 43 of the prisoners...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
The international Catholic movement ‘We are Church’ has expressed its numerous concerns about the actions of Pope benedict, ahead of the visit by the Pontiff to the US. The Pope’s visit to the United States – which contains one of the world’s biggest...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Hopes that Zimbabwe’s neighbours would act to end the deepening crisis were dashed at the weekend when an all-night emergency summit of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) failed to acknowledge an emergency and called only for the immediate...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
In advance of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the US, three prominent gay Catholics have urged the pontiff to enter into a dialogue with lesbian and gay Catholics. They addressed the pontiff through open statements about their lives, loves, and hopes for the church at a...
