by Sean Reilly | Jan 14, 2008
Well, am I a political junkie? Certainly, I used to be one. That became apparent to me back during the closing phase of the 1992 US presidential campaign, when I was doing a lot of travel for Friends World Committee for Consultation. One of those trips, just before...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 13, 2008
Christians across the United States have been marking National Migration Week, 6-12 January 2008, sponsored by Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), based around the theme ‘From Many, One Family of...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 11, 2008
UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has welcomed US President George Bush’s statement on the Middle East calling for ‘an end to the occupation that began in 1967’, referring to Israel and Palestinian lands. Mr Bush, who made the statement on...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 3, 2008
Two major religious organizations, one Jewish and the other Muslim, have unveiled an interfaith dialogue project intended to reach hundreds of thousands of their members across the United States and Canada – writes Cheryl Heckler. At its biennial convention in...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 25, 2007
Not far from the US capital, where political debate rages over immigration, Floris United Methodist Church has invited hard-pressed day labourers in from the cold for a Christmas party – writes John Gordon. Church members have served a lunch that includes...
