by Sean Reilly | Aug 26, 2008
The famous biblical story of creation, echoed in the prologue to John’s Gospel, famously contains the divine injunction, “Let there be light.” But the Church of England says that in an age of eco-responsibility, a little less light might be...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 7, 2008
Bishop Munib Younan has said that Christians need to have a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there, and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues – writes Peter Kenny. Younan, the bishop of the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Mount Kilimanjaro pokes through the clouds like an inverted cone dipped into white cream. Still, even on a winter’s day, from the nearby town of Moshi, the mountain’s majestic snow-capped peak shows bald patches, and these are increasing – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
The Seven Deadly Sins have been given a makeover. Out goes sloth, and in comes pollution. Out goes greed, and in comes poverty. Out goes envy, and in comes drugs. The Vatican in revising Pope Gregory’s 6th century menu has gone contemporary, eco-friendly, and socially...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 16, 2007
A severe reminder “of the wealth that was built and sustained on the continued extraction and plunder of Africa’s resources as well as on the exploitation of Africa’s people” has been addressed to Christians in the global North by the...
