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Filipino Government to Open More Feeding Centres
The Catholic Archbishop of Cebu, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal has urged the Filipino Government to open more feeding centres for the country's hungry...
CSW Calls for Renewed International Pressure to Bring About Release of Cuban Prisoner
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has made a call to the international community to bring new life to its efforts in obtaining the release of human rights activist, Dr Oscar ElÃas Biscet on Dec. 6th – the third anniversary of his imprisonment...
African & Caribbean Evangelical Alliance Honours Contributors to Christian Community
The African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance has released the 21 names of its Role of Honour 2005. The list comes as part...
Audio Bibles Bring God’s Word to Xitshwa People of Mozambique
The Bible is being brought to a group of people in Mozambique despite the high rate of illiteracy thanks to a partnership between Talking Bibles International, Cross Connection Outreach and local pastors...
Direct Contact Made With Kember’s Kidnappers
According to BBC reports, direct contact has been made with the kidnappers of British Professor Norman Kember and three other men abducted in Baghdad more than a week ago. The news follows a televised appeal by Professor Kember's wife for the release of her husband...
Church of Scotland Moderator on Harry Potter
The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has voted Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling as his book of the year in a poll by The Scottish Herald...
World Vision to Distribute U.N. Food Supplies to 46,000 Quake Victims
World Vision (WV) has signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to distribute urgently needed food supplies to an estimated 46,610 Pakistan quake survivors until next spring. The international...
Belgium to Allow Homosexual Couples to Adopt Children
Since the legalisation of same-sex marriage, Belgium has taken another controversial step, allowing homosexual couples to adopt children. Last week, the lower house of Belgium's parliament voted...
WCC Forms New Global Alliance for Development
Justice and poverty issues must be combated through the concerted effort of the churches, said World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia during a consultation in Geneva. Over 50 participating churches...
Hong Kong Churches Pray, Join Massive Rally for Full Democracy
The leading Christian Churches in Hong Kong were united in prayers over the weekend as they joined hundred of thousands of citizens to rally for full democracy. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets...
Edinburgh Church Holds Multicultural Christmas Service
Greenside Church in Edinburgh held a special Christmas service Sunday evening in conjunction with the World Mission Committee of Edinburgh Presbyter...
British Scientist Creator of Dolly the Sheep to Head New Stem Cell Centre
The British scientist that created Dolly the sheep, is to head a new centre commissioned to use stem cell research to develop treatments for various human diseases. Professor Ian Wilmut has been officially announced...
Central African Anglicans Reject Leadership of Pro-Gay Bishop in Malawi
A bishop supporting homosexual rights has been rejected as a top leader in the Anglican Church in Malawi. On Friday, the Anglican Church of Central Africa released a statement following a special church court...
Expelled Mission Group Forced to Sell Property in Venezuela
A tribal-focused mission group in Venezuela, after months of struggling with the government about working with the country’s tribal groups, is now forced to sell their property in a tribal region.
Severe Beating of 16 Chinese Nuns Draws International Concern
Several international groups strongly condemned the reported beatings of a group of 16 nuns in China, as five of them remain hospitalised in serious condition. The attack on the nuns was first brought to light by...
U.N. Investigator: Torture Remains Widespread in China Despite Decline
Despite its decline, torture remains widespread in China, a special investigator for the U.N. Human Rights Commission said Friday. After a two-week visit resulting from a request originally made nearly a decade ago...