by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
A South African church-backed group that helps former combatants involved in violence during the apartheid era to play a peaceful role says its life skills programme is needed in a country where those who have not found a place in the system often resort to violent...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 17, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has said that Christians should give priority to unity in the global Week of Prayer that runs from 18-25 January. He also commended a peace message going back to philosopher and theologian St...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 11, 2008
UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has welcomed US President George Bush’s statement on the Middle East calling for ‘an end to the occupation that began in 1967’, referring to Israel and Palestinian lands. Mr Bush, who made the statement on...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 9, 2008
In marking their annual visit to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has told the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican that peace is an integral way of life, not merely the absence of conflict. At the beginning of the week...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 7, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has made another appeal for peace and dialogue in Kenya following recent violence and disturbances in the wake of the country’s presidential elections. In a Letter, signed by Cardinal...
