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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 23, 2008
As Gordon Brown prepares to deliver a speech promising “fairness for all”, church leaders this morning delivered their own message for a fairer society to delegates at the Labour Party Conference.
Also tagged: uk news, poverty, news brief, gordon brown, labour conference, get fair
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 22, 2008
Senior representatives of the Vatican have used the annual Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue message to Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan to urge the two faiths to work together in promoting …
Also tagged: world news, family, christians, muslims, news brief, ramadan, pope benedict xvi, interfaith relations
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 13, 2008
In the early hours of Tuesday 9 September 2008, volunteers from Christian charity Housing Justice counted 206 people sleeping rough in the London Borough of Westminster - highlighting the continuing seriousness of the …
Also tagged: london, uk news, news brief, westminster, housing justice, rough sleepers
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 12, 2008
The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, the Rev Mvume Dandala, is encouraging mass voluntary testing for HIV by undergoing a personal test for the virus, and encourages other religious leaders …
Also tagged: aids, world news, news brief, people and power, hiv awareness, all africa conference of churches
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 8, 2008
Speaking at a pastoral congress in Germany, Cardinal Martino deplored the prejudice and hatred being meted out to Romany and travelling people (often called "gypsies") in many parts of Europe, and called on churches to …
Also tagged: human rights, world news, discrimination, travellers, catholic, news brief, people and power, race and identity, gypsies, romany
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 5, 2008
Leading evangelical Christian celebrity Sir Cliff Richard, who is now aged 67, thinks the church should be supportive of committed gay relationships and says he is sick of intrusive speculation about his own sexuality.
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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 5, 2008
Black church leaders have joined health experts in welcoming findings from a new opinion poll showing widespread public opposition to adding the DNA of innocent mental health patients to the National Criminal DNA …
Also tagged: health, uk news, profiling, dna, civil liberties, news brief, crime and justice, black mental health
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Jul 17, 2008
A Polish priest has defended his decision to allow his parish to be used to advertise and recruit staff for a new Tesco hypermarket, despite previous church criticisms of the UK retail giant.
Also tagged: world news, shopping, poland, supermarkets, tesco, news brief, catholic church
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Jul 4, 2008
German churches' practical experience with confronting the issue of domestic violence will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011.
Also tagged: domestic violence, germany, world news, peace, news brief, wcc, world council of churches, crime and justice
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Jul 3, 2008
Should parents who choose to treat their children's illnesses with prayer rather than medicine be charged with abuse, neglect, or even manslaughter when their children die? Shawn F. Peters explores the issues.
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