As Easter approaches, the Bishop of Tripoli has repeated his call for dialogue instead of violence. Monsignor Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli told the Missionary News Service in a phone call yesterday: “It is a dark moment but we must believe in reconciliation, exploring the possible ways of dialogue and relying on the strength of mediation rather than the useless and painful one of weapons”. Continue reading
Daily Archives: April 22, 2011
Earth Day organisers call for ‘a billion acts of green’
JAMES KELLEHER CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it. The annual effort to raise public awareness about the environment and inspire actions to clean it up marks its 41st anniversary on Friday, coinciding with the Christian Good Friday and Judaism’s celebration of Passover. Continue reading
