by Sean Reilly | Mar 17, 2008
The new Orthodox metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia says his priorities include dealing with the Chinese government to bring about the recognition of Orthodox Christians in mainland China – writes Francis Wong. “There are many Orthodox in the...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 16, 2008
The US United Methodist Church needs to think less about charity and more about social justice, according to the leader of the denomination’s mission agency. Becoming a partner in establishing free health clinics across the United States may be one way to do...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 15, 2008
Michael Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and religion, has won the 2008 Templeton Prize, believed to be the largest yearly monetary award given to a single...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 14, 2008
The Council of Churches in Indonesia has joined a growing chorus of calls for a controversial Dutch film about Islam not to be shown – writes Andreas Havinga from Utrecht, Netherlands. The film, made by far-right politician Geert Wilders, is entitled...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 14, 2008
The news that Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho in Iraq has been killed could force the Church underground, say Iraqi Christians in Need (ICIN). The Chaldean Catholic archbishop was kidnapped on February 29 soon after he left Mass in Mosul. Three people who had been with...
