by Sean Reilly | Jun 5, 2008
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, will be speaking at a peace service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square, London, on Monday 9 June 2008. The service in the newly refurbished Church, well known for its work with...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 5, 2008
Church-backed Philippine human rights activists have reiterated their call on the UN Human Rights Council to “keep pursuing our government to stop the extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations”. The UN body is meeting in Geneva until 18...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 4, 2008
Some 130 supporters of the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAF)D)took to the saddle last weekend for a sponsored bike ride to raise money to support the aid agency’s vital poverty-fighting work around the world. CAFOD is an official agency of the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 4, 2008
An Australian church leader has said his country should spend as much on reconstructing war-torn Iraq as its did on its military operations there – writes Kim Cain. The Rev Gregor Henderson, president of the Uniting Church in Australia, made his comments...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 3, 2008
Arms companies are facing a week of protests across the UK after a year of increasing public opposition to the arms trade. Stop the Arms Trade Week is underway and runs until 8 June 2008 – involving people of all faiths and none. With events including an Arms...
