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It is easy to lose democracy, says Chilean Lutheran leader

It is easy to lose democracy but difficult to get it back, says the incoming general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, the Rev. Martin Junge.

News item date: 26th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

World Lutheran president-elect speaks on Arab Christians

At a time when many Christians worry about the future of fellow believers in the Holy Land, the first Arab elected as president of the Lutheran World Federation has highlighted their situation, and urged them not to emigrate.

News item date: 26th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Tutu announces retirement plans, thanks South Africans

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has announced his intention to wind down his public engagements, when he turns 79 in October. "I think I have done as much as I can, and I really do need time for other things that I have wanted to do," Tutu told a media briefing at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town. He also thanked South Africans for their contribution to the world.

News item date: 22nd Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Vatican cardinal says lack of shared communion his greatest regret

The recently retired senior Vatican official responsible for ecumenical affairs has said his biggest regret during his tenure in Rome is that he did not achieve an agreement on a common communion with Protestants. "Today, there is a lot of convergence. So, we got closer to each other but we could not achieve the final breakthrough. I regret it very much but you cannot push the issue," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, who retired on 1 July as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

News item date: 22nd Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Global Lutheran leader challenges churches on women's ordination

The 70-million strong Lutheran World Federation has struggled to live up to its own vision of inclusiveness regarding the role of women, the general secretary of the church grouping, the Rev. Ishmael Noko, has told LWF members.

News item date: 21st Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Faith leaders warned on statements about HIV and AIDS

Faith leaders can play a key role in the fight against the HIV pandemic if their public statements help combat stigma and discrimination, a meeting of faith groups in Vienna in advance of the 18th International AIDS Conference has heard.

News item date: 19th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Current financial crisis is a moral one, says Tutu

The end of the Cold War led to the false hope that all humans would be treated equally, says Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

News item date: 16th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Church of England faces 'war within' on female bishops

Some commentators are saying that the Church of England will be unable to stop a war over the issue of ordaining women as bishops after a recent vote by its ruling general synod.

News item date: 15th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

Ugandan Anglican urges citizens to fight terrorism, condemns blast

Anglican Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi of Uganda has denounced as a "hideous crime", the bomb attacks in Kampala which occurred during the playing of the 2010 World Cup soccer final.

News item date: 14th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00

 

After 100 years, Christians mark Japan's colonisation of Korea

A group of Korean and Japanese Christians living in Japan have declared that they want to work for reconciliation in marking the 100th anniversary of Japan's colonisation of Korea.

News item date: 14th Jul 2010 at 01:00:00