by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, a visit seen as adding credence to reports of a thaw in relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church – writes Luigi Sandri. An announcement...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has called for increased efforts from international leaders toward nuclear disarmament. His message, ahead of the 41st World Day of Peace (1 Jan 2008), was released yesterday. In it he criticised those involved in the ongoing arms race and...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
The equivalent of a third of the world’s population has already been affected by weather-related disasters and this is set to soar because of climate change unless urgent international action is taken says a Christian aid agency. Tearfund says governments must commit...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Rupert Murdoch’s global media organization News Corporation has announced it has acquired Beliefnet, said to be the largest faith and spirituality information site on the World Wide Web, for an undisclosed sum – writes Cheryl Heckler. “Beliefnet has...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 8, 2007
The legacies of the slave trade, and how churches can respond to past and present forms of slavery, will be discussed at a conference next week in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. About sixty theologians, church leaders, social scientists and activists, mainly from Africa, the...
