by Sean Reilly | May 8, 2008
The notion and shape of ‘the land’ means many things to many people, as the contradictory responses to this 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel are showing. For some it looks like triumph, for others it betokens tragedy. To people who...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Within Christianity there is a long history of trouble making. This last week three, including Fr Peter Murnane, were at it again. They punctured a balloon covering intelligence-gathering equipment at Waihopai in our South Island. They also punctured the illusion that...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
“Although I had been threatened many times in Iraq, I did not want to leave,” says the Armenian Orthodox hairdresser Cayran. “But then my shop was burnt and the car of my husband, who used to work as a driver, was robbed. So we left everything behind...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
The United Methodist Church is urging justice for migrants worldwide and reform of U.S. immigration laws. Delegates to the denomination’s top legislative body, meeting from 23 April – 2 May 2, adopted resolutions covering both global migration and...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 28, 2008
Two senior black clergy in the United Methodist in the USA, who are also longtime civil-rights advocates, say there are striking parallels between the struggles of blacks in the 1960s and those of gays and lesbians working for full inclusion in the churches today. At...
