International community urged to back Korea in hostage talks

Concurrent with the release of two of the hostages today, the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the Rev Dr Ishmael Noko, has called on the international community to strongly support the government of South Korea in its efforts to secure the...

Churches’ mission in Sri Lanka is to end violence, says bishop

Churches will fail in their mission if violence goes unabated in strife-torn Sri Lanka, a Roman Catholic bishop in the country has warned – writes Anto Akkara of ENI (http://www.eni.ch). “We have to free the world of violence. If we do not succeed in doing...

Churches’ mission in Sri Lanka is to end violence, says bishop

Churches will fail in their mission if violence goes unabated in strife-torn Sri Lanka, a Roman Catholic bishop in the country has warned – writes Anto Akkara of ENI (http://www.eni.ch). “We have to free the world of violence. If we do not succeed in doing...

Ex-prisoner Aitken calls for action on failing penal system

A former Cabinet Minister who has been in jail himself last week challenged the Keswick Convention, a major UK evangelical rally, to get involved in the campaign to transform the country’s failing prison system. Jonathan Aitken, a leading Tory, spoke about the...

Ex-prisoner Aitken calls for action on failing penal system

A former Cabinet Minister who has been in jail himself last week challenged the Keswick Convention, a major UK evangelical rally, to get involved in the campaign to transform the country’s failing prison system. Jonathan Aitken, a leading Tory, spoke about the...