by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
A service at Westminster Abbey has been held to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service. During the event the Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to the NHS, describing it as the “noblest manifestation of the character of our...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Israeli soldiers have assaulted Christian Peacemakers and shot and killed a Palestinian youth in a village north of Hebron. Mohammad Al-Alameh, who was 17, was a member of a family with whom the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has had frequent contact in recent...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has urged South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to “take urgent measures to strengthen inter-Korean relationships without any pre-conditions”. In a 1 July letter to Lee, Kobia...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 1, 2008
Some sections of the Anglican Communion are convinced that only their narrow vision of what is permissible in faithfulness to the Christian message is adequate. Those who disagree must be excised or shunned. We have been here before. Indeed the first Council of the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 1, 2008
Peaceful and positive global pressure needed to bring change to Zimbabwe says a Mennonite church leader with direct experience of the situation in the conflict-torn southern African nation. Ferne Burkhardt writes: “It is God’s grace that sustains us,” said...
