by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
The Independent Asylum Commission which contains a number of church leaders, will hail the Scottish Government’s interventions to improve the treatment of asylum seekers when it presents its three reports of conclusions and recommendations to a Scottish audience,...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
A senior Catholic figure in Scotland is using the hotly contested Glasgow East by-election to push a controversial anti-government message in the apparent hope that voters will punish it for defying the church. Bishop Joseph Devine, whose diocese covers the contested...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Legal restrictions imposed for Pope Benedict’s visit to Sydney this week, which could see protesters arrested for “annoying” Catholic pilgrims, are unconstitutional, the Australian Federal Court has ruled. Under the laws, protesters could potentially...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has renewed his call for global Anglican leaders to focus on the gospel as a message of hope and healing for the world, and to move beyond factional in-fighting as they gather in Lambeth. The 76-year-old former Archbishop of Cape Town,...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Faith leaders in the world’s riches nation say it is time to stop the “poverty train” in the United States and rescue its 37 million citizens living below the poverty line – reports Jose Pano de Carlo. The Democratic Faith Working Group (DFWG)...
