Church delegates to bring ethical perspectives to environment summit; Bishops support Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill; NZ Gender commission begins its work; Christian groups in Nigeria threaten to retaliate after attacks
Church delegates to bring ethical perspectives to environment summit
ACNS – A delegation from the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) will take part in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) from 20 to 22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2012/6/13/Church-delegates-to-bring-ethical-perspectives-to-environment-summit
Bishops support Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Daily Monitor in Kampala: Bishops want shelved anti-gay Bill dusted Top religious leaders from across the country have asked Parliament to speed-up the process of enacting the Anti-Homosexuality law to prevent what they called “an attack on the…
http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005539.html
NZ Gender commission begins its work
ACNS – The church has taken a step which it hopes will lead it out of the impasse over questions about the ordination and blessing of folk who are in same gender relationships.
http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2012/6/14/Gender-commission-begins-its-work
Christian groups in Nigeria threaten to retaliate after attacks
ACNS,ENInews – Some Christian groups in Nigeria are threatening to retaliate as churches continue to experience attacks attributed to Boko Haram, a violent Islamist group.
http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2012/6/14/Christian-groups-in-Nigeria-threaten-to-retaliate-after-attacks