by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The UK government will sponsor student trips to Auschwitz concentration camp in an effort to keep the message of the Nazi Holocaust alive and relevant to younger generations, say reports in Deutsche Welle, The Times and the BBC. The scheme is based on a 2006 pilot...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 3, 2008
A leading US Baptist has called on Christians to address the international crisis of women and girls who are being trafficked into prostitution, highlighting the social and economic conditions that breed the trade. American Baptist International Ministries’...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 2, 2008
Churches, faith groups, racial justice campaigners and civic and community organisations need to work together more determinedly in the face of continuing serious failures in mental health provision, says Black Mental Health UK. Commenting on the biannual report of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 1, 2008
Celebrating a 60th birthday for some is a milestone marked by visions of retirement – celebrating achievements and dreaming of new endeavours. The World Council of Churches (WCC), however, on its 60th “birthday” in 2008 does not want to rest on past...
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....
