by Sean Reilly | Jan 1, 2008
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the spiritual leader of the Roman catholic Church in England and Wales, has used his New Year message to stress the importance of marriage and what are thought of as “traditional family values”. He claimed that most...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 1, 2008
More than 30 people have been burned to death in a church in western Kenya after they sought refuge from the mounting violence over last week’s elections – which has claimed more than 250 victims, according to official estimates. An angry mob attacked and...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 1, 2008
Christmas and New Year may be a time for giving, but in the political world there’s little room for sentiment, and it has been taking that’s featured on the agenda in recent weeks. Given the noted commitment of party fixers to ‘risk management’, you’d have thought...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 31, 2007
In a message that will be shown on BBC2 at 20.30 GMT this evening and again on BBC1 at noon on New Year’s Day, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams warms Britain that a throwaway society risks creating throwaway people. Dr Rowan Williams, who is also...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 31, 2007
Church leaders in Pakistan have joined the widespread strong condemnation of the recent assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who they saw as a voice for gretaer equality and freedom – including religious freedom. In a statement issued...
