by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
A festival atmosphere was evident on the lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. Thousands of people celebrated outside in the wake of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations. That much was evident from the television broadcast and the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
Two church communions from opposite sides of the globe were welcomed into full fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on Wednesday, increasing the membership of the global Christian body, the largest of its kind, to 349. Newly joining the WCC are the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
The first opening of the Australian Parliament after the election of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labour Government has proved a historic moment in the history of Australia – with an apology finally being made to indigenous people – write Doug Hynd and Simon...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
The main governing body of the World Council of Churches, its central committee, is meeting in Geneva from 13 to 20 February during which it will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1948 founding of what is now the world’s largest Christian grouping –...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
Human rights groups and critics of extra-legal detention and the ‘war on terror’ have expressed deep concern about the proposed trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees on charges related to the 9/11 attacks in the USA. Among the issues of contention raised are...
