“Peace is possible!”: Quakers claim victory in US military authorisation vote – but the campaigning continues
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on the work of the Friends Committee on National Legislation…
Essay: This is no time to build back to the way things were
DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, looks at what a “truly just” post-pandemic world looks like for America…
Essay: Protecting the climate is loving our neighbour
In an article first published on Religion News Service, DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says faith communities have a newfound hope that political and business leaders are joining in calls for greater action on the environment…
Essay: New START buys time on nukes. Now let’s start banning them altogether
DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says extending the expiring 2011 nuclear arms agreement between Russia and the United States is a step in the right direction towards a world free of nuclear weapons…
Chocolate milk
I love this. Did you know that chocolate milk was invented by some brothers as an alternative to alcohol? PICTURE: Antonio Janeski/Unsplash In the 17th century they saw the poverty inducing, socially destructive influence of alcohol and thought – rather than post on social media and create a twitter storm – they would invent an alternative! […]
Essay: In ‘love thy neighbour’, Quakers and Catholics share a call to protect our common home
In an article first published on Religion News Service, DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the US-based Friends Committee on National Legislation, and ALICIA CANNON, FCNL’s Sustainable Energy and Environment Program assistant, argue that in order to ‘love thy neighbour’, we must preserve and protect our common home…
Faith leaders offer mixed response after missile strike kills Iranian commander
RNS Religious leaders were split along liberal and conservative lines in their responses to a US drone strike that killed Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani early Friday, although even President Trump’s staunchest evangelical Christian supporters appeared unsettled about the potential blowback from the attack. Prominent clergy of all stripes called on people of faith to […]
Quakers denounce Trump administration policy of returning Central American asylum seekers to Mexico
American Quakers have described a new US policy under which Central Americans seeking asylum in the US have to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed as “illegal, immoral and [a] violation of human rights”. In a statement issued on Friday, the American Friends Service Committee – a Quaker organisation that is providing humanitarian support for […]
Five UK churches express disappointment UK is among almost 40 countries not represented at nuclear weapons ban treaty negotiations
Five UK churches have joined in encouraging those attending the UN in New York this week to negotatiate a legally binding treaty banning nuclear weapons and expressed their disappointment that the UK Government is among almost 40 governments – also including the US and Australia – which have declined to take part. In a joint […]