Outspoken archbishop may return to troubled Zimbabwe

by | Jul 8, 2008

One of the key church figures in the struggle against Robert Mugabe’s abuses in Zimbabwe, Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube has indicated that he may soon return to the country, still reeling from post-election conflict, hunger and economic chaos. The archbishop...

Outrage at free speech clamp on Pope’s Australia visit

by | Jul 2, 2008

Civil libertarians are infuriated at special regulations coming into force for the upcoming Catholic World Youth Day event in Sydney, Australia, where Pope Benedict XVI will be the guest of honour. Legal experts say that restrictions will effectively make it illegal...

South African churches denounce Zimbabwe poll farce

by | Jul 2, 2008

While some African national leaders continued to court Robert Mugabe at an African Union meeting in Egypt, despite their own observers saying that the presidential election was unacceptable, South African churches have spooken out candidly. Christian leaders in South...

Seoul urged not to put pre-conditions to North Korea

by | Jul 2, 2008

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has urged South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to “take urgent measures to strengthen inter-Korean relationships without any pre-conditions”. In a 1 July letter to Lee, Kobia...