Seminary sculptures confront war, torture and suffering

Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details An installation of sculptures responding to the horrors of war, particularly the ongoing war in Iraq, is on display at Union Theological Seminary in New York City until 16 May...

Pope prays for peace at site of New York 9/11 attacks

In New York at 9.30 am local time on Sunday 20 April 2008, the Pope visited Ground Zero, the name now used to refer to the site once occupied by the twin towers of the World Trade Centre. He prayed for peace and an end to hatred. On 11 September 2001 two aircraft...

Churches join new initiative to rid the world of genocide

A joint campaign to eliminate genocide around the world has been initiated by leading civic, academic and religious figures in a conference room at the Interchurch Center near the campus of Columbia University in New York, USA. Representatives of churches, the United...