Cafe where you pray rather than pay opens in Croatia

A parish in Croatia has opened what is thought to be the world’s first “prayer café” for young people, where food and drink can be purchased not with money but with prayers popular with Roman Catholics, such as the Our Father (Lord’s Prayer)...

Churches welcome new political agreement in Kenya

Church leaders in Kenya have welcomed the announcement of a power-sharing agreement between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga as an important step to ending a two-month political crisis in the east African country – writes Fredrick...

US peace church forges historic links with North Korea

A delegation from the Church of the Brethren has made a historic visit to North Korea, to make direct contact with four farm enterprises that have received support from the church – an act yet rarely extended to people from the United States. The delegation that...