by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
Officials from the Vatican and senior Muslims are holding a two-day meeting in Rome this week, with the intention of laying the foundations for a major global Catholic-Islamic exchange later in 2008. Five senior figures from each faith are defining the terms of a...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
The Vatican daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, long seen as required reading for those wanting to know the standpoint of the Holy See, but also known for an austere black and white layout, is appearing in colour for the first time – writes Luigi Sandri....
by Sean Reilly | Feb 5, 2008
Christian activists will make symbolic acts of commitment at the Ministry of Defence in London and at other venues in Scotland and the north of England tomorrow, urging a shift from waging war to waging peace in a divided world. Since 1984, Christians have gathered...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 31, 2008
For the first time, a general secretary of the World Council of Churches has taken part with a pope in a Rome service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which ended last week, recalling the centenary of this initiative born in the United States in 1908....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has told a gathering of academics that science should serve rather than enslave humanity, warning that the reduction of human beings and nature to mere ‘objects’ is not good for the spirit of reasoned enquiry. The comments came on Monday...