Scottish church leaders argue for welfare not warfare

Two of Scotland’s most senior church figures have accused UK chancellor Gordon Brown – who hopes to succeed Tony Blair as British Prime Minister – of wasting money on war rather than welfare, citing the Trident nuclear system as a major example. The rebuke from...

Global peace initiative announced by churches

Concrete plans to mobilize churches around the world for peace have been approved by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee – and announced to coincide with Eastertide. What is expected to become a major worldwide mobilization of churches for...

Global peace initiative announced by churches

Concrete plans to mobilize churches around the world for peace have been approved by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee – and announced to coincide with Eastertide. What is expected to become a major worldwide mobilization of churches for...

Good Friday calls for a human change of heart, says archbishop

Good Friday, when Christians across the world remember the death of Jesus two thousand years ago, draws attention to the continued human capacity to inflict suffering on others – and also to the resources of sacrificial love needed to transform the human condition,...

Good Friday calls for a human change of heart, says archbishop

Good Friday, when Christians across the world remember the death of Jesus two thousand years ago, draws attention to the continued human capacity to inflict suffering on others – and also to the resources of sacrificial love needed to transform the human condition,...