How American churches are waging peace

Members of an international ecumenical team representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) have left the United States enriched and encouraged by the signs of hope and community commitment they witnessed at a nine-day solidarity visit during which they met US...

Pope seeks to defend church-state concordat in Italy

Pope Benedict has used the occasion of the official receipt of the credentials for the new Italian ambassador to the Holy See to issue a defence of the alliance of church and state, an arrangement facing increasing criticism in a plural, post-Christendom Europe. The...

Pope seeks to defend church-state concordat in Italy

Pope Benedict has used the occasion of the official receipt of the credentials for the new Italian ambassador to the Holy See to issue a defence of the alliance of church and state, an arrangement facing increasing criticism in a plural, post-Christendom Europe. The...

Council of Europe condemns attempts to teach creationism

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is the latest body to condemn attempts to propagate the teaching of creationism in school science lessons, following guidelines on the subject issued recently by the British government. On Thursday 4 October 2007,...

Council of Europe condemns attempts to teach creationism

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is the latest body to condemn attempts to propagate the teaching of creationism in school science lessons, following guidelines on the subject issued recently by the British government. On Thursday 4 October 2007,...