by Sean Reilly | Nov 27, 2007
A delegation of religious leaders mainly from the Horn of Africa, who have just visited strife-torn Somalia, have stressed that a solution to the crisis there lies within the country and not outside, while Pope Benedict XVI has called for peace in Somalia –...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 26, 2007
Pope Benedict gave his support and prayers to a major peace conference that will gather in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, tomorrow, seeking steps toward a sustainable solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine. At the end of a Mass celebrated with the 23 new...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 24, 2007
Salaam Bethlehem (http://www.ridinglights.org/sb/index.html) is now on tour in the UK throughout the season of Advent with performances until 22 December 2007. Back in May 2006 Riding Lights Theatre Company, a professional touring company noted for their eclectic...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 21, 2007
Leading Israeli peace activist, Jeff Halper, founder and director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), arrives in the UK on Thursday 22 November, along with Palestinian Salim Shawamreh, who has had his house demolished four times by Israeli...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 12, 2007
On the eve of Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2007, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams described the Western-backed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a tragic mess which failed to conform to the principles of ‘just war’ theory and brought great...