A World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation in Kigali discussed peace and security issues in Africa, with more than ninety church and ecumenical leaders. Together, they also reflected on Rwandan experiences of ethnic violence, genocide and church initiatives of reconciliation in the past. Read More

Christians of different denominations and human rights groups have spoken out against planned construction of a 1,000-square-meter detention center for asylum seekers at a new Berlin airport scheduled to open in June.

Four churches in Britain -- the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Quakers – on 31 January called for Parliament to hold to the humane principles of the welfare state and reject a cap on benefits. Read More

How is Christian identity defined today? What is the relationship between Christian identity, spirituality, religious plurality and Christian-self understanding? Rev. Carlos Emilio Ham addressed these and other questions at the International Union of Superiors General’s (UISG) Assembly of the Constellation of Rome, on 12 January.

Humanist and secularist organizations have accused the European Union of denying them equal treatment with the continent's Christian churches.

French religious and non-governmental groups were among the first to organize aid for Haiti in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake. But two years later, with some 500,000 people still living in temporary shelters, these groups are struggling to find ways to make a fundamental difference in the former French colony. Read More

The life and work of Latin American broadcasting pioneer Paul Finkenbinder, known to listeners around the world as Hermano Pablo, was celebrated with a memorial service that was webcast live on 4 February. Read More

It is harvest time for strawberries in the northern Philippine town of La Trinidad, so strawberry farmer Alice Rivera will start repaying a loan extended by a Geneva-based ecumenical church loan fund. Read More

"Divisions between churches remain a scandal that we have to overcome," Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) said at a "Pilgrimage of the Holy Robe" an ecumenical preparatory event being held last week.