by Sean Reilly | Jan 4, 2008
The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has called on the government to impose a moratorium on the building of any new, conventional coal-fired power stations following council approval for the first such station for almost quarter of a century....
by Sean Reilly | Dec 24, 2007
Japanese Christian groups are noticing increasing poverty among young adults in a country that once had an image that its companies provide lifetime employment and that it is a country that has a strong middle class base – writes Hisashi Yukimoto. “If one...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 5, 2007
The fight against climate change has been marked by broken promises and missed opportunities, say three European bishops in a letter to political leaders to mark the opening of UN-led talks on the Indonesian island of Bali this week. “Every person on earth, both...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 3, 2007
Interfaith religious leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean have met with officials from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss ways of working together to advance the struggle against poverty and...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 8, 2007
Christians in the UK are to run an enquiry into poverty and homelessness, culminating in a ‘state of the nation’ report. Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice has joined with Scottish Churches Housing Action, Church Action on Poverty and the...
