by Sean Reilly | Mar 14, 2008
Catholic charities in the US called yesterday for more to be done to help the estimated 35 million Americans who are impacted by hunger. At the White House, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) called for the strengthening of federal nutrition programs and innovative...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
A Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq has been found dead, the news agency of Italian bishops’ conference has reported. The SIR news agency says Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was found dead near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where he had been abducted....
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
British Quakers today lent their support to the concerns of the two human rights campaigners arrested off Diego Garcia after protesting about the island’s use in British and US military operations. The two men were demonstrating against the island’s...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
A Democrat has become the second Muslim to be elected to the US Congress. Indiana Democrat Andre Carson will replace his late grandmother in representing that state’s 7th district. Carson, a convert to Islam and only the second Muslim in Congress, won...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 12, 2008
The vicious circle of violence which tormented Israelis and Palestinians for years has returned, says Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan, following a shooting attack on a Jewish religious seminary – writes Judith Sudilovsky. “This will not save the...
