Cardinal calls for compassion not hostility towards migrants

by | Dec 27, 2007

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the senior figure in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has called for a more welcoming approach to migrants in British national life. During his Midnight Mass homily, delivered and broadcast on Christmas Eve...

New immigrants take housing rejected by others, says report

by | Nov 26, 2007

A new report has found that rather than taking housing from local residents, as critics often say, new immigrants tend to fill voids in the housing stock left behind or rejected by other households. The report is published today (Monday) by the Joseph Rowntree...

United Methodists get tough on racism in church and society

by | Nov 16, 2007

The bishops of The United Methodist Church have declared that tackling racism and eliminating it from the church, society and even their own Council of Bishops is a major priority. The denomination is the one President Bush was raised in. The bishops’ council...