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Agencies Aid in Recovery Process Following Jeanne, Ivan
Following in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, heavy rains and raging flood waters have caused extensive flooding in the northern area of Hispaniola Island which comprises the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
Appeal for the Life of British Hostage from Worldwide Muslim Leaders
The 13th day since British hostage Kenneth Bigley was seized by Islamic militants has passed. Last week, on an Islamic website, a video showing Bigley’s appeal for the help...
Church Slams Spanish Legislation to Legalise Gay Marriage
The Spanish government has been brutally attacked by the Roman Catholic Church. Spain’s authorities have said that they expect homosexuals to be able to marry as early as next year...
Catholic Missionaries in India Attacked
Last Saturday, three nuns belonging to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, were reported to have been attacked as they were on their way to distribute food to a slum in the Kozhikode district in the north of Kerala state...
World Council of Churches and Evangelical Church in Germany strengthen ties
Bishop Dr Wolfgang Huber, the chair of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) expressed his “support and solidarity” for the World Council of Churches (WCC) during his visit to Geneva from 22nd to 24th September 2004...
UK Politicians Pledge to Write Off Poor Nations’ Debts
Mobilised by the Trade Justice Movement, a fast growing and powerful voice for Trade Justice in Britain, the "Trade Justice Campaign" in Brighton on Sunday proved to be fruitful with an immediate respond from politicians ...
Faith Groups, Celebrities and Citizens United In One Voice for Trade Justice
Some 5000 campaigners gathered from all around the UK to express their desperate call to end world poverty. The event was also highlighted by speeches from a number of celebrities...
UK Citizens: Vote for Trade Justice
On Sunday 26th September, thousands of UK citizens came together on the opening day of the Labour Party conference to demand the Government ends global poverty. The campaign was organised by the Trade Justice Movement (TJM)...
Anglicans Launch “Back to Church” Campaign
A diocese of the Church of England recently launched a “Back to Church Sunday” campaign to boost their declining church attendances. The creativity of the campaign was welcomed by many church ministers, and more than half of the diocese’s 300 parishes signed up for the scheme...
BBC bow to pressure to scrap Offensive Pope Cartoon
The BBC have buckled under pressure to scrap a new cartoon released that seemed to make fun of the Pope following an outcry by Roman Catholics, it was reported. ‘Popetown’, which was a new office comedy set in the Vatican...
German Evangelicals Reject Turkey’s EU Bid
An alliance representing 1.3 million Protestants in Germany said on Wednesday that it backs the Christian Democratic Parliamentary opposition in its rejection of Turkey’s bid to join the European Union (EU). Like other groups, the German Evangelical Alliance has said that before joining the EU, Turkey would have to end the discrimination of Christians...
Jeanne to Slam Florida Coast; Three Million Evacuated
At least three million Floridians, including thousands of Christian and humanitarian relief volunteers, were placed under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders on Friday, Sept 24, 2004...
Forced conversion of Christians draws protests
The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), a Christian organisation based in Bangalore, is concerned with the recent forced conversions of tribal Christians by radical Hindu groups...
‘Network’ Stories cleared up by Lambeth Palace Statement
Lambeth Palace have released a statement in response to the 'Network' rumours and have stated that the term ‘network’ offered just one appropriate model to help to support those dissenting from the Anglican resolution...
Relief Workers Cautiously Serve Meals as the Deadliest Hurricane of the Season Heads Their Way
Christian, humanitarian and governmental relief groups have been serving hundreds of thousands of meals daily in the gulf-shore states pounded by Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan...
Presbyterian Church in New Zealand to ‘Phase Out’ Gay Clergy
The Presbyterian Church in New Zealand voted to ban the ordination of active homosexuals in all its leadership positions during the Church’s general assembly, Sept 24, 2004. The ruling, which will be enforced immediately, is not retrospective, and will not affect the current leadership...