by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Two senior clergy, the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the Chair of the Methodist District will come face to face with the renowned nightlife of Leeds when they spend an evening with police officers and a team of church volunteers on the city centre streets this coming...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A global gathering aimed at bringing together representatives of all the world’s main Christian traditions has opened in Kenya with leaders saying they want to find new ways of working together – writes Fredrick Nzwilli. “I don’t think it is...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
As the political debate around the Queen’s speech continues, the Methodist Church in Britain has made a careful response to a range of issues – including climate change, social policy, human rights and bioethics. Anthea Cox, the Church’s Coordinating...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has met for the first time with a Saudi Arabian monarch, the controversial King Abdullah. A carefully worded communique from the Vatican avoids an mention of the human rights issues that have caused outrage among campaigners. However, there are coded...