Sri Lanka faces continuing nightmare of violence

Civilians are bearing the brunt of violence as fighting rages in Sri Lanka between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), church and civilian humanitarian agencies report. Earlier this month (June 2007) nearly 400 members of the minority Tamil...

Sri Lanka faces continuing nightmare of violence

Civilians are bearing the brunt of violence as fighting rages in Sri Lanka between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), church and civilian humanitarian agencies report. Earlier this month (June 2007) nearly 400 members of the minority Tamil...

Churches work for a new peace push in Israel-Palestine

A new ecumenical advocacy initiative launched at the culmination of a World Council of Churches (WCC) conference in Jordan this week, is to help churches worldwide work for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. Called the “Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum,”...

Churches work for a new peace push in Israel-Palestine

A new ecumenical advocacy initiative launched at the culmination of a World Council of Churches (WCC) conference in Jordan this week, is to help churches worldwide work for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. Called the “Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum,”...

Churches face the challenge of migration

Churches around the world cannot but be concerned about the fate of migrants fleeing from poverty or violence in their home countries. In Africa, the promise of a better life is luring many young people to Europe and the USA, where a lot of them end up as illegal...