by Sean Reilly | Apr 25, 2008
The election of former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay is a further sign of a left-wing shift in Latin America, according to observers of the region’s political scene. Lugo, dubbed the “bishop of the poor”, won the...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 24, 2008
A delegation led by the Rev Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has travelled to Syria wishing to learn from the country’s long experience of Christians and Muslims living peacefully together. “Islam cannot be studied...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 24, 2008
Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has announced that he has had an Evangelical Christian ‘conversion’. He said that he became a Christian when he was a young Sergeant in the Police force. The revelation came during an...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 24, 2008
The High Court today formally quashed the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) decision to drop its corruption investigation into arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. The decision is a huge success for the campaign groups that brought the case. The decision follows...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 24, 2008
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev Thabo Makgoba, has joined others in calling for an arms embargo against Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe, amid growing evidence that his government is planning a campaign of intimidation against opponents....
