by Sean Reilly | Jun 30, 2008
Over the last decade, Eastern Orthodox women have reached significant milestones regarding their participation in church life, but many of their concerns have not yet been fully addressed, an international gathering of Orthodox women has stated. A long decade has past...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 30, 2008
There will be no mass exodus of male clergy and no schism over women bishops, MPs, clergy and lay members of the Church of England will say at a press conference today in Westminster. More than 500 members of the clergy resigned after women priests were introduced in...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 29, 2008
Robert Mugabe waved a Bible and made an oath of allegiance before God to Zimbabwe as he was sworn in as president following an election widely dismissed as meaningless. But anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Tutu says he must go. Dr Tutu, Noble Peace Prize Laureate and...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 29, 2008
As the summer holiday season draws near for many, the Vatican has issued a set of guidelines offering advice on how to make vacations more environmentally responsible and friendly. “One can choose to be a tourist at odds with the Earth or in favour of it,”...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 28, 2008
Fairtrade options are now available for fruit, tea, coffee, chocolate and even flowers, but one company is now producing Fairtrade bird food. Gardman has introduced the first Fairtrade wild bird feed onto the UK market. Its Fairtrade Peanuts are offered in 1.5kg and...