by Sean Reilly | Feb 18, 2008
Zimbabwe’s Roman Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) has called for the postponement of the national elections due on 29 March 2008. They say there are clear signs that the poll will not be free and fair under current conditions. The J&P Commission...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 18, 2008
Representatives on the governing body of the 349 member World Council of Churches, which brings together Orthodox, Protestant and Anglican Christians and cooperates with the Roman Catholic Church, have been exploring a wider grouping. Meeting last week, they asked...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Ethnic and political divisions have prevented church leaders in Kenya from responding to the political crisis in their country, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has been told by its general secretary, the Rev Samuel Kobia. “At a time of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 16, 2008
Kingston, Jamaica, will be the host city for the World Council of Churches’ International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011, it has been announced – marking a decade of activity promoting practical responses to violence. The convocation in 2011 will...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 16, 2008
Hundreds of US churches and many thousands of religious believers defied the stereotype that American Christianity is a cipher for anti-science creationism last week, as they marked Evolution Weekend with sermons and seminars on the consonance of spiritual and...
