by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
With conflict rife and peace in peril, the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called on member states of the European Union, especially France, to look re-examine their role in troubled Chad. The move comes as China is put under more pressure to use...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
Organisers of events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January 2008 say that a large number of civic and faith groups across Europe are due to take part, including British Muslims. The day of remembrance was initiated by the European...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 14, 2008
UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is calling on the British Government to push for a comprehensive review of “serious, damaging flaws” in trade agreements forced upon a number of developing countries in recent weeks by the European...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 9, 2007
In a typically colourful live television gesture, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu cut up his clerical collar and has said that he will not wear one again until Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed from power. Dr Sentamu suffered personally under the...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 7, 2007
Concern about undue pressure exerted by the European Union on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to sign interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of the year has been expressed by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel...
