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  • "Justice" tourism to Palestine and Israel

    A new global initiative plans to encourage tourists who visit the holy sites of the Middle East to see the reality of Palestine-Israel today....
  • Threats to Indonesia's pluralism

    A Christian leader in Indonesia has expressed alarm at threats to Indonesia's long history of religious pluralism with the increasing influence of extremists....
  • Philippines churches fear violence

    The National Council of Churches in the Philippines fears bloodshed in the May 10 election....
  • Comment on the National Curriculum

    You have an opportunity to comment on the National Curriculum. The first chance for comment (on K-10) closes 23 May, but more will follow. ...
  • Sudan churches: accept poll result

    The election may not have brought the desired result for many, but the Sudan Council of Churches urges people to accept it and move on....
  • It only takes a candle

    QCT's work of bringing churches together is like lighting a candle in the darkness, said QCT's president at the recent Annual General Meeting....
  • Israeli military order causes dismay

    The World Council of Churches is worried that a redefinition of the term "infiltrator" by Israel will violate the human rights of Palestinians....
  • Africa: the most religious place on earth

    A survey of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has come up with some very interesting results concerning religion in sub-Saharan Africa....
  • All about story

    At QCT's Annual General Meeting, two Christians involved in the arts, one Indigenous and one a non-Indigenous Uniting Church minister, talked about spirituality, art and faith....
  • Love your neighbour - tackle climate change

    Whatever the differing views on the causes of climate change, our response to it is a moral issue, said participants in a recent conference in which the World Council of Churches met World Vision and evangelical groups....
  • Georgia Corowa commissioned for CTIPP

    Colourful handprints on a canvas remind us of the task of reconciliation to which the CTIPP Coordinator Georgia Corowa has been commissioned....
  • First woman head of Asian church grouping

    The rights of migrant workers will be an issue of concern for the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) with its new general secretary, the first woman in the role. ...
  • Don't victimise asylum seekers, say churches

    Churches speak out on the Federal Government's decision to suspend processing of protection applications of asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. ...
  • 142 years of Vatican documents go online

    Papers of the popes and the Roman Curia written between 1865 and 2007 have gone online....
  • "Called to Prophesy, Reconcile and Heal"

    The WCC General Secretary encourages churches in the Christian Conference of Asia to be agents of reconciliation beyond their own borders....
  • Israeli Easter travel restrictions: Christians protest

    The overlapping of Easter with Passover this year means that Palestinian Christians have to obtain permits to enter their holy sites in Jerusalem – for security reasons....
  • Why not always the same Easter date?

    Churches in the US are reviving a call to set a common date for Easter that would be acceptable to all churches into the future. ...
  • Easter messages - Australian church leaders

    At Easter, God turns death around and gives us hope, defying the messages of despair we hear every day. ...
  • Science and religion: two windows

    They highlight different aspects of the same reality, says this year's winner of the Templeton Prize for dialogue between science and religion....
  • Faith leadership to help halt HIV-Aids

    Leaders of seven of the world's faiths gathered in the Netherlands to talk about how their communities can help to curb the spread of HIV-Aids....