In this issue
In this issue
- Kerry in Hiroshima – ‘right words, but little action’ says CND
- £1.7 trillion military spending ‘destroying global economy’
- Nagorno-Karabakh: the frozen conflict on Europe’s doorstep
- Ekklesia launches book on housing crisis at Manchester Cathedral
- Cameron must do more on tax haven abuse says Christian Aid
- Tax and truth: a challenge to politicians and voters
- David Cameron and money
- Autocratic Anglican archbishops face challenge
- Stephen Crabb’s speech
- Brexit risk to employment rights says leading QC
- UN call for probe into migrant deaths at Libyan detention centre
- UK failing to protect vulnerable refugees say aid agencies
- Concerns after Irish juvenile ‘disappears’ from Egyptian jail
- WCC chief speaks on global security in York Minster lecture
- Ecumenical ‘prayerful support’ for Anglican Consultative Council
- Methodists in Britain remember ‘an American Saint’
- Faith-based organisations voice concerns at UN hearing on HIV
- Methodist Conference address to Pope Francis
13 Apr 2016
Kerry in Hiroshima – ‘right words, but little action’ says CND
Seventy years after the devastating atomic bombing of Hiroshima, US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a commemorative visit to the Hiroshima Peace Park, making him the most senior US official to have ever done so.
7 Apr 2016
£1.7 trillion military spending ‘destroying global economy’
Conscience, the peace building NGO, is supporting the Global Day of Action on Military Spending this year by raising awareness of the £1.7 trillion spent by governments on war.
9 Apr 2016
Nagorno-Karabakh: the frozen conflict on Europe’s doorstep
A violent escalation in hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has resulted in casualties and warnings of ‘large-scale war’.
Friday 15 April 2016
15 Apr 2016
Ekklesia launches book on housing crisis at Manchester Cathedral
Last night (14th April 2016) Ekklesia was proud to launch our second book ‘Foxes Have Holes: Christian reflections on Britain’s housing need’ at Manchester Cathedral in partnership with Housing Justice.
12 Apr 2016
Cameron must do more on tax haven abuse says Christian Aid
David Cameron has not gone far enough to counter the abuse of UK tax havens, Christian Aid said yesterday (11 April 2016) after the Prime Minister announced that most UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will create central registers of companies’ beneficial owners.
12 Apr 2016
Tax and truth: a challenge to politicians and voters
Tax, rightly levied and honourably accepted, is an instrument of justice.
10 Apr 2016
David Cameron and money
We shouldn’t blame anybody for the actions of their parents, so it isn’t fair to blame David Cameron for the financial arrangements of his father.
9 Apr 2016
Autocratic Anglican archbishops face challenge
Tension has mounted in the run-up to an international Anglican Consultative Council meeting in April 2016.
12 Apr 2016
Stephen Crabb’s speech
When Stephen Crabb replaced Iain Duncan Smith as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, it was an opportunity to hope for a different approach, and a change of direction from the DWP. Alth
7 Apr 2016
Brexit risk to employment rights says leading QC
An independent legal opinion published today warns of years of uncertainty for workers and employers if the UK votes to leave the European Union, says the Trades Union Congress..
7 Apr 2016
UN call for probe into migrant deaths at Libyan detention centre
Expressing deep regret and concern over the deaths of four migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in a detention centre in al-Zawiya, Libya, the senior United Nations humanitarian official in that country called yesterday (6 April 2016) for an independent, impartial and full investigation into their deaths.
14 Apr 2016
UK failing to protect vulnerable refugees say aid agencies
The UK is failing in its responsibility to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable people who have been displaced by conflict, violence, persecution and poverty, a group of 13 aid and refugee agencies said today (14 April 2016).
13 Apr 2016
Concerns after Irish juvenile ‘disappears’ from Egyptian jail
The Irish government has faced criticism after it was forced to correct a statement on the whereabouts of Ibrahim Halawa, a juvenile from Dublin who faces the death penalty in Egypt.
8 Apr 2016
WCC chief speaks on global security in York Minster lecture
Global security has been a key concern of the ecumenical movement for more than a century, and was in many ways integral to the very formation of the World Council of Churches. This was at the heart of a lecture given by the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in a contribution to York Minster’s lecture series Global Security and the United Nations: 70 years on.
15 Apr 2016
Ecumenical ‘prayerful support’ for Anglican Consultative Council
Leaders and other representatives of Anglican churches throughout the world have gathered from 8 -19 April 2016 for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants are celebrating good news of faithful ministries within the communion, while exploring tensions among its provinces.
13 Apr 2016
Methodists in Britain remember ‘an American Saint’
Hundreds of people attended a day of special events at the Black County Living Museum, Dudley, on 9 April 2016 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the death of Francis Asbury,.a local man who helped shape modern America.
12 Apr 2016
Faith-based organisations voice concerns at UN hearing on HIV
Faith-based organisations presented a significant input at a United Nations civil society hearing in New York City, on 6 April 2016, a prelude to a UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York on 8-10 June.
8 Apr 2016
Methodist Conference address to Pope Francis
The Secretary of the Methodist Conference, the Rev Gareth J Powell, with other senior Methodist representatives from around the world, were received by Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican yesterday.