by Sean Reilly | May 12, 2008
Is it possible for a broken church to act as an agent for healing in a divided society? A gathering of people from peace church denominations in the United States has met to explore the practical and ecclesial issues. The conference of Church of the Brethren and...
by Sean Reilly | May 12, 2008
The lives of 1,000 young children a day are being lost to disease and poverty in poor countries because of illegal trade-related tax evasion, says a new report from Christian Aid. It has calculated that this evasion costs the developing world at least US$160bn in lost...
by Sean Reilly | May 12, 2008
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is set to express its outright opposition to the death penalty for the first time. It has never previously resolved to oppose capital punishment ‘unequivocally’. At this year’s General Assembly (15 – 21 May) the Church...
by Sean Reilly | May 11, 2008
While the food crisis in North Korea continues largely unnoticed in the wider world, due to the country’s isolation, a North American Anabaptist peace church is taking quiet steps to provide agricultural assistance. A grant of U$42,500 from the Church of the...
by Sean Reilly | May 11, 2008
Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned – while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma’s generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance. A likely death toll of...
