by Sean Reilly | Feb 1, 2008
Norway’s government has praised the country’s small Roman Catholic Church for its role in supporting more than 100,000 labour migrants from Poland and other eastern European countries – writes Oivind Ostang. “We have become increasingly aware...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 31, 2008
Christian leaders in Burundi have called on a church-sponsored group led by former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano to reach out to the rebel Palipehutu-Forces for National Liberation (FNL), the last remaining insurgent group in the Central African country....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 31, 2008
The Philippines Catholic Bishops’ Conference has described the sale and trade of human organs, and issue of increasing concern across South East Asia as “morally unacceptable” and as “a violation [of the] the dignity of a human person.”...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 31, 2008
For the first time, a general secretary of the World Council of Churches has taken part with a pope in a Rome service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which ended last week, recalling the centenary of this initiative born in the United States in 1908....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
Churches working for peace amidst post-electoral violence in Kenya are receiving a pastoral and solidarity visit from an international delegation sent by the World Council of Churches from 30 January to 3 February 2008. Churches in Kenya are struggling to work for...
