by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
The need to “re-frame the religious dimensions” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a key goal of a 4-day international theological conference which began yesterday in the Swiss capital, Bern. The conference involves some 65 theologians and church...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
The Earth remains intact after the start of the largest particle physics experiment ever conducted, at CERN in Switzerland, following high profile scares that it might destroy the world – a sign, say academics, of the media’s “science...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
Speaking at a pastoral congress in Germany last week, Cardinal Martino deplored the prejudice and hatred being meted out to Romany and travelling people (often called “Gypsies”) in many parts of Europe, and called on the churches to support them. In an...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 6, 2008
As holidays for many people end and the northern hemisphere winter approaches after a wet summer, Monday mornings can be difficult. To boost morale and ease the Monday blues, the Church of England offered early morning commuters on 1 September a prayer published in...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
Leading evangelical Christian celebrity Sir Cliff Richard, who is now aged 67, thinks the church should be supportive of committed gay relationships and says he is sick of intrusive speculation about his own sexuality. In his new autobiography, titled My Life, My Way,...