by Sean Reilly | Nov 5, 2007
Click here to visit Oxfam’s charity gifts web site A leading charity is to launch a television advertising campaign this week featuring major celebrities who urge shoppers to send charity gifts such as condoms and toilets to the developing world, including...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 5, 2007
US civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson is to visit British churches in an effort to help them do more to promote racial justice. During his visit next week, Jackson will address the involvement of minority ethnic communities in economic development and the building...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 5, 2007
Plans being considered by a senior government education adviser may see church and other faith-based schools lose their power to select pupils – something which has led to widespread accusations of discrimination against them. According to a report in the Sunday...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 5, 2007
Joining a peace event in Colombia, a Mennonite pastor has warned that, in a nation torn by conflict and violence, peace cannot be reached by a greater investment in the military – but through the action of citizens to build alternatives. Speaking through a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 4, 2007
Religious leaders representing very diverse faith communities with millions of members across the USA are urging their Congress to take urgent action to assist the poor who are facing the brunt of climate change. The Rev Michael Livingston, president of the National...
