by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Several weeks after a brutal crackdown on thousands of democracy protesters across Burma, over a hundred Buddhist monks have taken part in the first public demonstration in northern Burma since the government’s wave of repression. In Pakokku the monks marched...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Leaders from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and independent member churches are lobbying the United Nations and member states as part of their concerted ongoing advocacy efforts for Africa and other causes. On Thursday 1...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, has said that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world. He was speaking on Monday 29 October 2007 in New York, USA, before the second committee...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
The UK government has not made a convincing case for extending the time suspected terrorists can be detained without charge, according to the Church of England. None of the options put forward for increasing the period beyond 28 days (itself a quadrupling of the seven...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Methodism in Britain will focus its attention on Wales next month, as Cardiff hosts the annual Methodist Youth Conference from 16-18 November 2007 in the new Urdd Centre in the Bay area – where popular BBC TV series Doctor Who is based. The theme this year will...
