by Sean Reilly | Mar 9, 2008
Palestinians and Jews working for peace and justice have expressed deep foreboding about the future after Israel responded to the appalling recent shootings in Jerusalem with hints of reprisals and a pledge to occupy more territory. Leaders of churches throughout the...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 8, 2008
Christian Aid, which works with people of all faiths and none, has welcomed being chosen as a key partner in a new government-backed global volunteering scheme for disadvantaged 18- to 25-year-olds. As reported on Ekklesia, over the next three years 2,500 young adults...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 8, 2008
The Japanese government and Christians should support the rights of the Ainu indigenous people in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, the Rev Tadao Miura, the director of the Ainu People Information Centre of the United Church of Christ in Japan, has said...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
A number of Christians from Oldham are joining the national Endurance Challenge, backed by Church Action on Poverty, in which they attempt to live off £6.50 for food and £3.50 for transport for a week – as many asylum seekers do. The gesture is one of...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev Samuel Kobia, has told his UN counterpart, Ban Ki-moon, that the ecumenical body and its member churches in Africa are planning for the monitoring of elections scheduled in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008...
