by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Church leaders and Christians from many denominations joined protest rallies in more than 50 cities around the world this weekend, calling on world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to effectively tackle the threat of global warming. In London, near...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 1, 2007
Europeans who have no religion are growing in number but are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in the political process. This was the claim by the National Secular Society at a meeting in the European Parliament on “Religion and Politics in the New Europe” sponsored...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 28, 2007
As the humanitarian and military crisis continues in Iraq, European Catholic bishops have issued an appeal to governments to permit more refugees from the country to live in the region – against the backdrop of growing refusals. “We ask the EU to increase...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations has asked the Israeli government to investigate the circumstances surrounding a group of Austrian Catholic clergy who were prevented from paying their respects at the Western Wall recently. In a letter...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 6, 2007
Mennonites and Catholics are developing a common statement to the World Council of Churches (WCC) as it prepares for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011. The convocation, convened by the WCC, will come as the culmination of the Decade to Overcome...
