Pope hopes Turkey visit will strengthen global dialogue -06/12/06 Pope Benedict XVI says he is looking to increased cooperation between Christians, and a stepped-up dialogue with Muslims, following his four-day visit to Turkey – writes Luigi Sandri for...
Achbishop of Canterbury says nuclear arms debate must go on -05/12/06 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the publication of the UK government’s White Paper (formal legislative proposal) on replacement of the controversial Trident...
Vatican and Chinese carry on verbal joust over unapproved episcopal appointments -05/12/06 The Vatican has issued a strong statement against the episcopal ordination of Fr John Wang Renlei on 30 November 2006, at Xuzhou in the province of Jiangsu, China. The bishop...
Australians face Christmas personal debt crisis -05/12/06 As Christmas approaches, Australian families are turning to church financial counsellors in increasing numbers who say that a new set of families has emerged who need help: those with steady income, but...
Church leaders defy Tony Blair on nuclear arms and Trident -05/12/06 On the day that UK Prime Minister Blair declared that Britain could not afford to be without weapons on mass destruction, and that nuclear arms constitute a “final insurance policy”,...
