by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Most of us can remember being given our first bicycle – often from under the Christmas tree! Once graduating from training wheels, mum or dad would hold the seat and push you along as you gained more and more confidence. Suddenly, you look back and realise you’re on...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
The pursuit of cheap food coupled with the buying power of the big supermarkets is putting farming livelihoods at risk, the Church of England has told the Competition Commission. Making farmers pay for supermarkets’ own promotions is just one of a number of invisible...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
“Some would have said that this event was not possible, but here we are – and the world wonders what will come next,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia at the opening of the Global Christian Forum taking...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A Catholic aid agency has welcomed plans for the Climate Change Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday, but says standards within it must be higher than currently being proposed. CAFOD welcomed the UK government’s “leadership” on...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A diverse group of prominent lay Catholics – including 11 former ambassadors and former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees – have called for a more civil tone to replace the ‘divisive rhetoric and partisan attacks that...
