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Iraq Constitution Committee Determined to Reach Agreement Despite Obstacles
The committee drafting Iraq’s new constitution presented its first draft to parliament Monday, minutes before its midnight deadline. But while Iraqi leaders met the Aug. 22 deadline, the vote...
Christian Human Rights Charity to feature at Greenbelt Festival 2005
The Greenbelt Festival 2005 will take place this weekend from 26-29th August at Cheltenham, with over 20,000 people expected. Jubilee Action, will take the Kids Behind Bars campaign...
Sydney Youths Hope World Youth Day 2008 Runs More Smoothly
A group of youths from Sydney, Australia, have expressed the hope that World Youth Day will run much better when it comes to their city in 2008. The youths complained of overcrowding on the streets and inappropriate behaviour...
Spain Church Makes History in Ordaining First Married Priest
The Roman Catholic Church in Spain has ordained a former Anglican pastor who is married with two children as the country's first married priest. Evans David Gliwitzki, a 64-year-old former Anglican pastor...
“Hybrid” Stem Cells Worry Pro-Lifers in New Scientific Developments
Scientists in the US have revealed they have found a new controversial way of creating embryonic stem cells, by creating a ‘hybrid’ version from skin cells...
SPUC Calls Court of Human Rights to Respect Rights of Unborn Child
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called upon the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to respect the right to life of a child in the womb. The Court is currently preparing to hear...
Watch for ‘Signs of Peace’ during Gaza Strip Pull Out, warns WCC
The World Council of Churches has told its constituents to look for seven signs of peace, as Israeli troops removed the last of the Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip on Monday. The international affairs unit of...
UN Refugee Chief Tours Forgotten Africa Lands in Sudan, Chad & Kenya
The United Nations refugee chief, Antonio Guterres, started his 10-day tour on Monday to visit Sudan, Chad and Kenya. The former Portuguese prime minister will examine the fate of millions of civilians that have been displaced...
Kenyan Churches Unite to Oppose Historic New Constitution
Mainstream Christian Churches in Kenya are rising up to reject the Country's Revised Constitution - the Wako Draft which began print today under heavy security. The Churches are emphatically campaigning for a 'No' vote...
Church of Scotland: Everyone has a Responsibility to Challenge Evil amid Terrorism
The Church of Scotland has said that everyone has a duty to challenge evil and that part of the solution to the current problem of terrorism lay in greater dialogue between faiths. Rev Lacy shared the view of several...
Church Leaders & Christian Organisations Pay Tribute to Taizé Founder
Church leaders and a host of Christian organisations have been expressing their sympathies with the Taizé community, and have been paying tribute to their founder Brother Roger, who was killed last week. The Methodist Church, the WCC...
Sri Lanka Orders Christians to Stop Worship as Anti-Conversion Laws are Prepared
The Head Quarters Inspector of Horana Police, Kalutara district in Sri Lanka, has issued a verbal order on 7 August for Christians to stop worshipping at a church. For two consecutive Sundays, a mob has threatened churchgoers...
World Youth Day Concludes With a Call For Church Unity
More than 800,000 young Catholics gathered at Marienfeld on the outskirts of Cologne for the conclusion of World Youth Day. The crowd were called upon to unite “to build a better world” by helping the poor...
British Churches Split Over Da Vinci Code Filming
Churches in Britain are divided over whether to allow filming of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. The Westminster Abbey has said no, but Lincoln Cathedral and...
VOM & Open Doors Give Tribute to the Founder of Chinese House Church
Rev. Allen Yuan, known as the founder of house churches in China, has passed away at the age of 92 years old on August 16 in Beijing. Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) and Open Doors, international agencies for persecuted...
New Study Reveals Religious Conversion Trends in Brazil
A survey about Religious Mobility in Brazil revealed that 24 percent of Brazilians have changed religion at some point in their lives while 69.3 percent have remained faithful to their religion, according to an ecumenical agency...