Zimbabwe police crush prayer and protest rally

One person was killed, a number injured and over 35 arrested in Harare yesterday (Sunday 11 March 2007) after hundreds of armed riot police used shotguns and teargas to shut down a prayer meeting about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Church and civil society...

Scottish churches will walk to commemorate slave trade abolition

Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS), the official ecumenical body bringing together Catholics, Protestants and Anglicans, has confirmed that a Commemoration Walk to mark the Bi-Centenary of the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 will...

Scottish churches will walk to commemorate slave trade abolition

Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS), the official ecumenical body bringing together Catholics, Protestants and Anglicans, has confirmed that a Commemoration Walk to mark the Bi-Centenary of the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 will...

Latin American churches stand firm on social justice agenda

Churches in Latin America remain committed to denouncing injustice, violations of human, economic and environmental rights, they say in a document after concluding a meeting of a governing body held every six years – writes Peter Kenny for ENI. The Latin American...

Latin American churches stand firm on social justice agenda

Churches in Latin America remain committed to denouncing injustice, violations of human, economic and environmental rights, they say in a document after concluding a meeting of a governing body held every six years – writes Peter Kenny for ENI. The Latin American...