Aymara Indian Methodist bishop becomes a Bolivian ambassador

Methodist Bishop Eugenio Poma, an indigenous Aymara Indian from Bolivia, has become his country’s ambassador to Denmark. – reports Ecumenical News International (www.eni.ch). “This is an important contribution to Bolivia and demonstrates our...

Aymara Indian Methodist bishop becomes a Bolivian ambassador

Methodist Bishop Eugenio Poma, an indigenous Aymara Indian from Bolivia, has become his country’s ambassador to Denmark. – reports Ecumenical News International (www.eni.ch). “This is an important contribution to Bolivia and demonstrates our...

Pope gives backing to stem cell research on heart disease

In a move that may surprise those who think of the Catholic Church’s teaching on bioethics as an unmovable obstacle to modern biomedical procedure, Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged a group of experts to search for heart treatments using adult stem cells. The...

Pope gives backing to stem cell research on heart disease

In a move that may surprise those who think of the Catholic Church’s teaching on bioethics as an unmovable obstacle to modern biomedical procedure, Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged a group of experts to search for heart treatments using adult stem cells. The...

Christian Aid welcomes progressive Brown cabinet appointments

The UK-based churches’ international development agency Christian Aid today warmly welcomed new Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s new ministerial appointments, saying that the changes were a good sign of his commitment to the world’s poor. In particular, the agency...