Faith groups urged to act together to tackle Africa's water crisis

Africa’s growing water crisis demands leadership and common action among faith groups, said general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in a keynote address for the Third Summit of the..

Pray for victims of Ethiopian food crisis, says World Vision

Christian aid agency World Vision is appealing for donations and prayers for families and communities worst affected by Ethiopia’s food crisis. Crops have failed as a result of poor and erratic..

Kenya's needs are urgent despite return of rains, warns CAFOD

While weather officials in Kenya expect that this season’s rainfall will not fail as in the past three years, relief workers say millions of hungry people still need food and that the heavier..

Pope speaks of 'urgent' need to evangelise Africa

The need to evangelise Africa is “urgent”, said Pope Benedict XVI at the opening of a three-week synod on the spiritual and practical future of the continent today. Speaking at the synod at..

4 Christian orphanage workers beheaded in Somalia

Somali Islamic extremists beheaded four Christians recently after kidnapping them last month, according to eyewitness accounts reported to International Christian Concern (ICC). Members of the..

Churches destroyed in Islamic violence in Nigeria

At least six churches were destroyed in the last few days in Northern Nigeria as a result of the violence by members of a radical Islamic group. Militants of the group Boko Haram, which translates..