by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
The equivalent of a third of the world’s population has already been affected by weather-related disasters and this is set to soar because of climate change unless urgent international action is taken says a Christian aid agency. Tearfund says governments must commit...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Fourteen leaders of the main Christian Churches in West Yorkshire have welcomed an Islamic report for its peacemaking efforts, and urged Christians to use it to build bridges with their Muslim neighbours. The joint statement from the church leaders followed the...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Church leaders and Christians from many denominations joined protest rallies in more than 50 cities around the world this weekend, calling on world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to effectively tackle the threat of global warming. In London, near...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Rupert Murdoch’s global media organization News Corporation has announced it has acquired Beliefnet, said to be the largest faith and spirituality information site on the World Wide Web, for an undisclosed sum – writes Cheryl Heckler. “Beliefnet has...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 9, 2007
In a typically colourful live television gesture, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu cut up his clerical collar and has said that he will not wear one again until Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed from power. Dr Sentamu suffered personally under the...
