TorontoA Muslim woman is to appear in a Canadian court in March to contest a judge’s ruling that she must unveil while testifying against two
A group of Christians meeting in Lebanon have declared that people of their faith have belonged to Iraq since the nation’s birth and that they
A church-backed microfinance institution has increased its field investments by one third, reaching out to poor people often excluded by the commercial banking sector. This
Gaza City Civilians injured by bombings in Gaza are stuck in their homes without food and water, unable to seek medical attention, says the director
Geneva Faith leaders “should shout from the rooftops that AIDS is not a punishment from God but a medical condition which is preventable,” the former
New YorkKrister Stendahl, a biblical scholar, one-time bishop of Stockholm, and the former dean of Harvard University Divinity School, is being remembered for his path-breaking
LondonMary Tanner, one of the eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, is to get one of the highest honours given by the British
Geneva (ENI)-Jan H. Kok, who as communication director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) played a key role in founding Ecumenical News International (ENI),
The Chinese government has blocked plans for Pope John Paul to visit Hong Kong during an Asian tour later this year, according to a Roman
(ENI)-Ian Barbour, an American college professor and leading advocate of dialogue between scientists and theologians, has won the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.
(ENI)-The Lutheran Church in Italy has announced that it will not take part in events in Rome organized by the Roman Catholic Church to mark
(ENI)-The Bible Society of South Africa is planning to mobilise more than half a million people nationwide to undertake walks in the year 2000 to
(ENI)-Churches and other organisations have called on Swiss, German, British and American banks who gave “odious” loans to the apartheid regime to pay compensation to
Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, is expected to visit Pope John Paul II in Rome this month. Dr. Carey
At the same time as some Orthodox churches are threatening to desert the World Council of Churches, the eighth assembly of the council has endorsed
Cape Town The World Council of Churches must take a positive stand on homosexuality at its next assembly in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, if it
A credit card company, a bank and a missionary organization in Argentina are launching a credit card for ministers and missionaries. Visa, Argentina’s Mercantile Bank
LONDON Conservative lay members of the Church of England have failed in their bid to keep a traditional form of the Lord’s Prayer as the
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