Polish priest in supermarket ‘sell out’ row

A Polish priest has defended his decision to allow his parish to be used to advertise and recruit staff for a new Tesco hypermarket, despite previous church criticisms of the British retail giant – writes Jonathan Luxmoore. “I could have dropped the...

Eat locally to act globally, United Reformed assembly says

Members of the United Reformed Church have been asked to look more carefully at what they eat and where they buy, in order to help protect the income and way of life of British farmers. A move to support farmers and growers who, it has been said, are “often treated...

UK Government ‘must compensate’ East Timor

A Catholic advocacy and development agency has called on the British government to fulfil its responsibilities to the people of East Timor, following a quarter-century of violence during which the UK supplied arms to Indonesian forces that illegally occupied East...