by Sean Reilly | May 17, 2008
Catholicos Karekin II of the Armenian Apostolic Church, visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, has spoken of the “genocide” suffered by his compatriots in the Ottoman empire, and said that those with power should ensure that justice prevails – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 11, 2008
Turkey’s small Roman Catholic community hopes to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul by improving the status of the country’s Christian minorities, as well as reopening a church at the apostle’s birthplace in Tarsus in the south of...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 16, 2007
A world church leader has responded with “strong disappointment and shock” to what he says is the unlawful recent destruction of an historic Orthodox Christian Church by eight officials of a local Ministry of Forestry in Turkey. Orthodox Ecumenical...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 15, 2007
The main animal gift-giving sites (click to visit): Christian Aid – Present Aid (Chicks, Turkey, Buffalo, Cow, Goat, Ducks, Worms, Pigs) Oxfam – Oxfam Unwrapped (Camel, Goat, Donkey, Sheep, Cow) Practical Presents (Goat, Duck, Chicks, Chickens, Alpaca,...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 9, 2007
The General Assembly of the National Council of Churches USA and development agency Church World Service, holding its annual meeting from 6-8 November 2007, has urged the US House of Representatives to pass legislation recognizing the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as...