by Sean Reilly | Jan 4, 2008
The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has called on the government to impose a moratorium on the building of any new, conventional coal-fired power stations following council approval for the first such station for almost quarter of a century....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 4, 2008
The leader of the Taize community has urged tens of thousands of young Christians from Europe who gathered in Geneva at the New Year to organize “vigils of reconciliation” for unity between churches that are divided from each other. “How can we be...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 24, 2007
Japanese Christian groups are noticing increasing poverty among young adults in a country that once had an image that its companies provide lifetime employment and that it is a country that has a strong middle class base – writes Hisashi Yukimoto. “If one...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 18, 2007
Churches and society at large need to offer reparation to descendants of those enslaved, tortured and murdered by the transatlantic slave trade, says an international conference sponsored by three major ecumenical bodies. The three organizations include the World...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
An ecumenical Christian commemoration of the millions of Africans who died in the barbaric cruelty of the transatlantic slave trade is also highlighting the continuing oppression of their descendants around the world. Sixty theologians, church leaders, social...
