More than 2,000 Church of England clergy, lay people sign open letter protesting new transgender guidance
More than 2,100 clergy and lay members of the Church of England have signed an open letter calling on the church hierarchy to “revise, postpone or withdraw” guidance on transgender people, saying it lacks “serious theological analysis”. The guidance was issued in December and provided advice on conducting public ceremonies to affirm the new identity of […]
Australian Christian Lobby says support for religious freedom exemptions for faith-based schools “could not be clearer”
More than 20,000 parents, grandparents and students have signed an open letter to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten urging no changes be made to religious freedom exemptions for faith-based schools, according to the Australian Christian Lobby. Martyn Iles, managing director of the ACL, said that to remove religious freedom […]
Amid sex scandals and #MeToo, women aid workers warn against ‘culture of silence’
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women working as humanitarian workers across 80 countries have called for major reforms in the industry as a sex scandal centred on British charity Oxfam rocks the aid sector. An open letter penned by four female aid workers attracted more than 1,000 signatures from other women in the sector, from Britain and […]
Christian leaders call for G7 to increase response to world’s worst humanitarian crisis
A group of Christian NGO and denominational leaders have joined in calling for the G7 – which meets in Italy on 26th and 27th May – to ramp up their response to save the lives of 20 million people – including 1.4 million children – who face famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria. In […]