October 1, 2007 Grin and bear it

A child displaced by fighting in Darfur, Sudan is weighed. The heights and weights of displaced children are carefully monitored at a nutrition and health centre in Kubum, which is sponsored by Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and Caritas. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is an ACT partner. Please see p. 2 for more photographs of the ACT-Caritas Darfur Emergency Response Operation.

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October 1, 2007 The Darfur Response

The figures are startling for what has  been called “the forgotten war” – Darfur. The continuing conflict between the government of Sudan and the southern rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army began in 2004 and has,...

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October 1, 2007 More dissident bishops for U.S.

As bishops of the Episcopal Church prepared for a late September meeting in New Orleans that was to include Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, three more bishops were consecrated outside the American church to minister to dissidents in the United States.

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October 1, 2007 Trouble brews over gay issue

The General Synod of the Anglican province of Central Africa, which met in early September in Malawi, replaced the provincial dean because of his “pro-gay” and pro-American viewpoints, according to The Living Church magazine.

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October 1, 2007 Outspoken Maori primate dies at 80

Archbishop Te Whakahuihui Vercoe, the former primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, died on Sept. 13 at the age of 80.

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October 1, 2007 Family, religion make youth happy, survey says

A newly-released survey by the Associated Press and MTV, a music video channel aimed at young people, has found that religion and family are two of the strongest components contributing to the happiness of people aged 13 to 24 in the United States.

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October 1, 2007 Aid sent for Peru earthquake

Action by Churches Together (ACT) International sent $48,747 from its rapid response fund to aid people in remote and inaccessible rural areas of Peru affected by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 500 people and injured thousands on Aug. 15.

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October 1, 2007 U.S. faith communities fast for end to Iraq war

A multi-faith coalition that includes Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Jewish groups has called on faith communities in the United States to observe a one-day fast in October to protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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October 1, 2007 Hindus protest yoga ban at two UK churches

Leaders of Britain’s Hindu community are expressing disbelief and outrage at claims by two English church ministers that yoga should be banned after saying that the meditative exercise is a sham and not compatible with Christianity.

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October 1, 2007 Conference urges religious leaders to step up war on AIDS

An international interfaith conference on HIV/AIDS has called on religious leaders to use their places of worship, and educational and health facilities to help in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

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