by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone. This evening, the BBC reported that the...
by Sean Reilly | May 7, 2008
A Catholic priest who supported freed Algerian asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui is one of three people who have been charged with inflicting an embarrassing blow against a top-secret military spy base in New Zealand. Dominican friar Peter Murnane joined organic gardener...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Within Christianity there is a long history of trouble making. This last week three, including Fr Peter Murnane, were at it again. They punctured a balloon covering intelligence-gathering equipment at Waihopai in our South Island. They also punctured the illusion that...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
The British government is to face the Information Tribunal next week concerning its refusal to disclose documents relating to arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The first case is being brought by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). This case came about after the government...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 30, 2007
The key message of Christmas is that God in Jesus commits to dignifying and transforming human ordinariness, not to fantasies about a super-hero figure or military conquerer, the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins, President of the Methodist Conference in Britain, has declared in...
