by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Christian Aid today (Monday) launched an appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people who urgently need food, shelter, clothing and medical help following the cyclone in Bangladesh. An initial two week emergency response programme is already underway which will be...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
A survey commissioned by the Church of England has revealed widespread distrust of church schools. In what will be a blow to both church and government which has supported new church schools, the results of the survey conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB) on...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Young Catholics are being urged to follow the example of Mahatma Gandhi as they gather for National Youth Sunday. A new DVD, produced for National Youth Sunday, in association with Catholic Youth Services (CYS) and Pax Christi explores the themes of non-violence,...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Commuters amongst others will have the opportunity to reflect on Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est over the Christmas period, courtesy of the British Jesuits. Pray-as-you-go, the downloadable daily reflections for ipods, MP3 players and other portable...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Governments will today (Nov 19) be accused of denying millions of people in the developing world a simple medical breakthrough – sanitation – that transformed British society 150 years ago. A new report from Christian development agency Tearfund calls for a...
