by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
Chinese churches and Christian agencies, as well as the government and army, have begun responding to the recent earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, has devastated a region west of the provincial capital Chengdu. Latest figures coming out of...
by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
The National Council of Churches in India has joined the battle to turn green by calling for Christians to mobilise in the world’s second most populous nation, and to join in the fight against global warming – writes Anto Akkara. “We urge all member...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
The Rev Richard Kirker, an Anglican deacon who steps down during 2008 after three decades leading Britain’s Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, believes that if the worldwide Anglican communion separates over homosexuality, the onus of responsibility will fall...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 23, 2008
Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the “boom industry” of global corruption that is making the world’s poor even poorer – writes Kim Cain from Melbourne, Australia. That is the central finding of a new report, “From Corruption to...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 17, 2008
A number of Danish churches have praised an open letter published by 138 prominent Muslim scholars and have pledged to meet with leaders of Islam in Denmark to continue this exchange. The dean of Copenhagen cathedral, the Rev Anders Gadegaard, told Ecumenical News...