by Sean Reilly | Apr 15, 2008
A Catholic aid agency has warned that the spiralling cost of food will exacerbate global malnutrition already affecting over 820 million people in developing countries. “Currently we have over 40 times the population of Australia who are malnourished”, said Caritas...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Aid agencies are warning of a housing crisis as Bangladesh approaches the monsoon season. Five months after Cyclone Sidr killed 4,000 people and destroyed nearly 1.5 million homes, millions of Bangladeshis remain in dire need of housing assistance say the agencies....
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Of the six minority candidates standing for election as London mayor, only the one standing on an explicitly Christian ticket has been invited to attend the main hustings event for churches in central London. The event, at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Campaigners calling for the cancellation of poor country debts have begun a 36-day rolling fast, ahead of the tenth anniversary of the Drop the Debt campaign in May. They are demanding debt cancellation for 36 poor countries which still desperately need it – ten...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
A deal brokered with Mexico’s government has freed 145 prisoners after campaigning by thousands worldwide. The Catholic Church has successfully helped broker a deal with Mexico’s Chiapas state government to free the political prisoners. 43 of the prisoners...
