by Sean Reilly | Jun 6, 2008
“The Lord’s Prayer highlights that having enough to eat is, and has always been, central to the Christian idea of a world shaped by justice and mercy,” observes Sushant Agrawal, Director of the Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) in...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 6, 2008
With an estimated 850 million people suffering from hunger worldwide, nine out of ten of whom live in developing countries, “the scandal of hunger demands the immediate attention of the churches”, affirmed a statement yesterday from World Council of...
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 3, 2008
As the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation meets to discuss the food crisis in Rome today, debt campaigners have issued a call for a moratorium on debt repayments from afflicted countries. Jubilee Debt Campaign and Christian Aid in Britain describe the...
by Sean Reilly | May 30, 2008
Mennonite World Conference is unveiling a new way for individual congregations of MWC member churches to participate in and be supportive of the world church and the Anabaptist family of churches. The aim is to deepen global vision and involvement at a time of great...
