At the Christian Amahoro gathering in South Africa in June, former apartheid-era Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok publicly washed the feet of Sean Callaghan, a young white South African man w
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Joey Ager 8-01-2009
In May, hundreds of people returned to tiny Postville, Iowa, to mark the first anniversary of the largest immigration raid in U.S.
Kaitlin Barker 8-01-2009
Twenty years ago, on June 4, 1989, tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to suppress an estimated 100,000 peaceful protesters.
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 8-01-2009
In April, 14 Christians were arrested at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, from where drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan are guided, in the first major U.S. public protest against combat drones.
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 8-01-2009
Last November’s election was the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
Joey Ager 7-01-2009
On the final working day of the Bush administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice designated eight countries as egregious violators of religious freedom, but waived the possibility of sancti
Kaitlin Barker 7-01-2009
The Teresian Carmelites of Millbury, Massachusetts, soon hope to add a wind farm to their life of prayer and service.
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 7-01-2009
The recently launched Two Futures Project is twittering us into a non-nuclear future.
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 6-01-2009
The Ecumenical Water Network, an international Christian body formed to raise awareness about justice and the global water crisis, declared its frustration that the World Water Forum, which met in
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 6-01-2009
More than 100 Mennonite pastors and lay ministers released a letter in April to the Mennonite Church USA, calling for the denomination to extend full welcome to gay and lesbian people and inviting
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 6-01-2009
Three percent of all District of Columbia residents are living with HIV/AIDS, according to a report released in March by the District government. The U.S.
Joey Ager 6-01-2009
Amidst the news of global market collapse, 11 of the world’s leading ethical banks met for the first time in March to form the Global Alliance for Banking on Values and to develop new strateg
Elizabeth Palmberg 6-01-2009
In March, the Obama administration appointed J. Scott Gration as the U.S. special envoy to Sudan.
Rose Marie Berger, Jeannie Choi 4-01-2009
When two more African nations ratify the Pelindaba anti-nuclear weapons treaty, the globe’s Southern hemisphere will become a nuclear weapons-free zone.
Joey Ager 4-01-2009
Christian Churches Together (CCT), a three-year-old ecumenical group representing more than 100 million U.S.