by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
An educational institution in southern Africa is hosting a major theological consultation on HIV prevention called by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), based in Geneva. Participants are expected from across the globe. CABSA, the Christian AIDS Bureau for...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
Organisers of events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January 2008 say that a large number of civic and faith groups across Europe are due to take part, including British Muslims. The day of remembrance was initiated by the European...
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 11, 2007
A joint campaign to eliminate genocide around the world has been initiated by leading civic, academic and religious figures in a conference room at the Interchurch Center near the campus of Columbia University in New York, USA. Representatives of churches, the United...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Leaders from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and independent member churches are lobbying the United Nations and member states as part of their concerted ongoing advocacy efforts for Africa and other causes. On Thursday 1...