by Sean Reilly | Jan 14, 2008
Extreme rainfall in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe has caused severe flooding with devastating consequences – including food shortages to come as farmers’ crops are washed away, warn international church and development bodies. UK-based agency Christian Aid...
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 13, 2008
Catholic parishes in England and Wales will this week be preparing to celebrate Peace Sunday on 20 January 2008, with its theme derived from an annual global message from the Pope. This year the focus is building communal solidarity – “The Human Family:...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 12, 2008
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will honour Liverpool’s achievement in taking on the mantle of European City of Culture by making a two-day pastoral visit to the Diocese and people of the area later in January 2008. During his visit Dr Rowan Williams...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 12, 2008
Pastor Sidheswar Digal was making Christmas preparations on 24 December when he heard a mob howling anti-Christian slogans outside his house. “When I came out, I saw our people running away into the jungle. They urged me, ‘run’, and I joined...
