by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
The future of the World Council of Churches lies in playing to its strength of giving those less fortunate in the world a voice, a former Dutch church leader has told a gathering in Amsterdam to commemorate the WCC’s 60th anniversary – writes Andreas...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
Celebrations marking Britain’s best Olympic success in 100 years, with the country’s athletes winning 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and government...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
Christian and other peacemakers staged a 10-hour vigil outside Canada House in London’s Trafalgar Square yesterday, to call on on the Canadian government to halt the deportation of US soldiers who have fled the war in Iraq. Giant placards bearing pictures of the...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
Some twenty Christian and Muslim women will meet together in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the beginning of next month, as part of an ongoing practical dialogue and conflict transformation process called ‘Moving towards peace through religion’. Hosted by the...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 26, 2008
With the Prime Minister suffering the political equivalent of negative equity in popularity polling, Labour MPs holidaying over the parliamentary recess have been listening for little gnawing noises outside their hotel rooms. This is the sound made by under-occupied...
