by Sean Reilly | Mar 1, 2008
Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details Faith leaders across America are urging President George W. Bush to stop United States-sponsored torture by signing the Intelligence Authorization Act, which prohibits the use of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Only a small number of the refugees arrested in a controversial police raid on Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, remain in jail, according to the bishop there – writes Linda Bloom for UMNS. Thirteen people still were waiting for court...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 24, 2008
The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society in the US will unveil proposals to divest holdings in Caterpillar Inc tomorrow (Friday). The 7.9 million member United Methodist Church’s pension agency reportedly has $5 million in Caterpillar shares out...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 11, 2008
The chief of the United Methodist Church’s public affairs unit in the US will meet today with Jim Owens, President and CEO of Caterpillar in order to convey his opposition to Caterpillar’s equipment sales to Israel. Jim Winkler and the United Methodist...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
On World AIDS Day, people should focus on names and faces rather than just numbers and facts, the Rev Donald Messer told worshippers during a special service at the Upper Room Chapel of The United Methodist Church, Tennessee, USA – writes Deborah White. Holding...
