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Commonwealth Look to EU for Trade Justice Ahead of WTO Talks

The Commonwealth Secretary-General has said at the weekend that he has great hopes that the European Union would hear a united call from the Commonwealth members to cut its farm subsidies and help to win a fairer deal on world trade...

Churches Beginning to Embrace Podcasting

Churches are continuing to ride the surge of popularity and growth experienced by the podcast phenomenon by increasingly producing their own audio and video content for use on the iPod...

New Reports Tell of Executions, Torture of Christians in North Korea

New reports from former North Korean eye-witnesses indicate that the totalitarian government tortures, executes Christians and people related to the faith. In the last two weeks, reports from defectors have offered the world...

Leading Stem Cell Researcher Apologises for Ethical Lapses

The South Korean scientist that led a research team to clone the first human embryo two years ago apologised on Thursday for ethical lapses which occurred during the course of the project and resigned from...

Chinese Leaders Criticise Palau for House Church Registration Statements

Chinese house church leaders and groups sharply criticised well-known evangelist Luis Palau for what they called the “irresponsible and misleading” remarks he made during his trip to Beijing last week...

Commonwealth Leaders Focus on Trade Justice & Terrorism in Malta

Top leaders from Commonwealth countries across the world have been locked in discussions in Valletta, Malta regarding the complex issues of trade justice for poorer nations...

Churches Urge Common Vision For Social Europe

Church and political representatives gathered in Brussels this week for a conference on the future development of the European social model organised by the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Eurodiaconia...

Church Army Launch New Website to Support Mission & Evangelism

The Church Army website has been given a facelift with a new dynamic design to hopefully bring more of the ministry's resource's and expertise to the people needing them...

Catholic Church Criticises Condom Plans for Taxi Passengers

Plans by a condom manufacturer to provide Edinburgh taxi drivers with condoms to distribute free of charge to couples on their way home after a night out have been criticised by the Catholic Church in Scotland...

Indonesian Sunday School Teachers Lose Appeal

The three Sunday school teachers in Indonesia sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly converting young Muslim children to Christianity have lost their appeal to have their sentences overturned...

Christians Worldwide Challenged to Join in Fight Against HIV/AIDS

The leader of the HIV/AIDS ministry He Intends Victory has challenged Christians to take on the fight against the illness by joining in World AIDS Day on December 1 with action and prayer...

Archbishop of Canterbury Urges Reform of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the President of Pakistan to review the country's blasphemy laws during a visit to the country primarily to tour earthquake-stricken regions...

World Vision Helping Uganda’s Scarred War Children with Message of Gospel

World Vision and the Gospel have been helping thousands of children in Uganda recover from their traumatic experiences from during the country's 19-year long civil war. Many of the children were formerly forced into the notorious Lord's Resistance Army...