by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Lambeth Palace was last night bracing itself for harsh morning headlines, after Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was widely interpreted as having called for the incorporation of Muslim Sharia law in or alongside the English legal system. The Archbishop’s...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Only a small number of the refugees arrested in a controversial police raid on Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, remain in jail, according to the bishop there – writes Linda Bloom for UMNS. Thirteen people still were waiting for court...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
National ecumenical poverty charity Church Action on Poverty is urging people to take on the life of someone who has been refused asylum, for a week during Lent. It comes ahead of a statement which will be issued by church Leaders from across West Yorkshire, who will...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 3, 2008
Supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling party an President Robert Mugabe blockaded Harare’s Anglican Cathedral today, in order to stop the investiture of the elected successor to a schismatic bishop notorious for his backing of the regime. However the ceremony...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 3, 2008
A leading US Baptist has called on Christians to address the international crisis of women and girls who are being trafficked into prostitution, highlighting the social and economic conditions that breed the trade. American Baptist International Ministries’...
