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New Christian Aid Report Accuses Firms of ‘Ripping off Poor’

Christian Aid and The Tax Justice Network have published scathing reports in which they condemn the tax avoidance schemes of many multinational accountancy and law firms which have cost the developing world billions of dollars...

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Creates Huge Demand For Bibles

While most relief efforts are tending to the physical devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Christian groups are also...

LWF Council Brings Hope to the Holy Land by Calling Israel to End its Occupation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council has highlighted the call on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and to promote peace, during the LWF Council meeting in Jerusalem and Bethlehem that closed last week...

World Council of Churches Calls for U.N. to Maintain Reform Promises

NEW YORK – A week before over 170 world leaders were to convene in New York for the United Nations World Summit, the World Council of Churches made clear its views that the U.N. should hold fast to the fundamental principles of reform. Specifically, the ecumenical body...

Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly Draws to a Close

The Church of Scotland has been discussing the theme 'Mind the Gap' at this year's National Youth Assemby as well as the vital role that youths are to play within the Church...

Anglican Church in New Row after Nigerian Primate Bans Brazilian

Much commotion has arisen in the Anglican Communion over the past week as the Archbishop of Nigeria, Dr Peter Akinola, banned Brazilian archbishop the Most Revd Orlando Santo de Olivera, from a meeting of Anglican leaders. The conference of church leaders from the Global South...

Families of 9/11 Victims Honour Their Memory at Ground Zero Anniversary

NEW YORK - On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, America was changed forever as two airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, bringing them down with nearly 3,000 innocent lives trapped inside...

Microsoft Appealing Against EU Ruling to Share Source Code

In March 2004, the world's biggest software firm was found guilty of abusing its position in the market, hit with a record Â£331m fine and told to open the doors to its source code for Windows Networking Protocols...

Church of Scotland Shares Platform with Scottish Muslim Leader

The Church of Scotland's Big Saturday takes place in Glasgow today, with the Church of Scotland Moderator being joined on the stage by the Scottish Chair of the Muslim Association...

Catholic Church in India Unveils New HIV/AIDS Policy

The Catholic Church in India has announced a new policy to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic afflicting the country. Around 5 million people are infected with the illness in India...

Evangelical Alliance Calls on Government to Show Respect in Wake of New Campaign

The Evangelical Alliance has warned the Government that money is not enough to overcome Britain's growing anti-social behaviour problem...

Jubilee Campaign Founder to Testify Horror of Plight of Street Children

Lord David Alton of Liverpool, the co-founder of the international human rights organisation Jubilee Campaign, will be a witness at a Congressional hearing to examing the plight of children around the world...

British Scientists Create Embryo from Single Parent

For the first time in the UK, an embryo has been created from a single parent. In a press briefing at the British Association festival of science, Paul de Sousa, a researcher at the Roslin Institute which cloned Dolly the sheep, said that his team had created...