by Sean Reilly | Jun 14, 2008
Church leaders in Canada hope action will follow a public apology by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to victims of a situation whereby aboriginal children were placed in residential schools run by churches under a government policy of enforced assimilation –...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 13, 2008
Zimbabwe police and security forces have raided the Harare offices of several Christian groups, arresting the general secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe and other officers and staff. The student Christian group accused the government of President...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 13, 2008
Two senior Anglican archbishops are to be present at the funeral service at Llandaff Cathedral in Wales for the UK religious affairs writer and broadcaster Christopher Morgan – writes Trevor Grundy. The celebrant at Morgan’s funeral on June is to be...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 13, 2008
Church and development organisations are demanding that countries with close bilateral ties to Angola – including the UK – take a more robust position on the continuing human rights violations in the country. The government in Luanda ordered the closure of the UN...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 12, 2008
The necessity of peace in the Middle East will be highlighted during a visit to Egypt next week by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia. During encounters with leaders of WCC member churches as well as other religious and secular...
