by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Anglican bishops from Sudan, who are part of the meeting of the Lambeth Conference, have issued an appeal to Christians to stand in solidarity with the suffering people of their country. Their statement, which was overshadowed in the media by one of less certain...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
While the media focus is on in-fighting over sexuality and gender, the July 2008 Lambeth Conference of worldwide Anglican bishops will be challenged to look outwards at the HIV-AIDS pandemic facing millions in Africa. The UK-based international development agency...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 8, 2008
“We remain committed to work side by side with the churches”, the president of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has told representatives of an international ecumenical delegation in Juba, Southern Sudan. “As the Sudan People’s Liberation...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 29, 2008
Amid ongoing fighting and humanitarian crises in several regions of Sudan, and risks of failure in implementing the 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of civil war between north and south, the Sudanese people and churches face “tremendous tasks and...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 20, 2008
An international team of church representatives will pay a solidarity visit to churches and ecumenical organizations in Sudan from 26 March to 2 April 2008, it has been announced. The team led by the WCC general secretary Rev Samuel Kobia will split in four groups to...