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Archbishop of Canterbury backs efforts for a world free of nuclear arms

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, currently visiting the Anglican Church in Japan, today took part in an Act of Remembrance at the epicentre of the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki..

  • Call for fund to help communities adapt to climate change

    A new report from Christian Aid is calling for a multi-billion pound fund to help local communities adapt to the worst effects of climate change.

  • People of faith pray on UN Day of Peace

    People of faith around the world prayed for peace on Monday to mark the United Nations International Day of Peace.

  • Federal Labor called on to uphold marriage election promise

    The Australian Christian Lobby has called on the Federal Government to honour its election commitment to uphold marriage between a man and a woman in the face of reports the ACT Labor caucus has decided to back a Greens bill which mimics marriage.

  • End of Ramadan commemorated differently by Christians

    As Muslims worldwide gathered Sunday to mark the start of a three-day holiday concluding Ramadan, Christians observed the end the Islamic month of fasting in their own way – as they had done throughout the month.

  • Time for a 'real' Sexual Revolution

    Dads4Kids Fatherhood Foundation congratulates FamilyVoice Australia, Australian Christian Lobby, Salt Shakers, Kids Free 2B Kids and the thousands of other family based groups and individuals who are calling for better standards on television to help protect our children. Congratulations also to Melinda Tankard Reist on her book, 'Getting Real – Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls' which will be launched with the help of Greg Donnelly MP in Sydney this week.

  • Groups unite to highlight abortion tragedy

    In a move to highlight the tragedy of babies being aborted at an age when they could survive outside the womb, a number of family and pro-life groups have joined forces to advertise their concerns in a major metropolitan newspaper.

  • Call to tame down TV sex and violence

    In the face of growing levels of sex and violence on TV, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today launched a Tame the Tube campaign aimed squarely at commercial television's lax code of practice.

  • Sutherland Shire Christian School Nicola Taylor thanks emergency service personnel who attended the school bus accident

    Principal of the Sutherland Shire Christian School Nicola Taylor has thanked the emergency service personnel who attended the school bus accident on the Heathcote Road at Lucas Heights at around 8am on Friday morning.

  • Children's welfare can't wait for whales to use the internet

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) encouraged the Labor Government to proceed with its plans to provide children a safer environment on the internet, when the Managing Director Jim Wallace participated in a debate with representatives of the sex industry, internet libertarians, and the Greens hosted by the Forum of the Round Table at the NSW Parliament last night.

  • Dr Grundmann's 'sleeping dog' of partial-birth abortion: – do the public and the media have no right to know?

    Australian Christian Lobby Managing Director Jim Wallace said Dr David Grundmann's entry into the abortion debate praising Queensland Premier Anna Bligh yesterday for "letting sleeping dogs lie" (Weekend Australian, 5/6 Sept) should send a shiver up the spines of civilised people everywhere.

  • Teenagers bet their mobile and virginity

    Teens are betting their mobile phones, running up debt on parents\' credit cards and even wagering their virginity, a study of youth gambling has found. The Central Coast (NSW) Problem Gambling Service research project found most teens over 14 have gambled for money or goods, whether it be in the playground, online or illegally at pubs and clubs. The service has responded by creating early intervention workshops that it hopes to extend to the Hunter through Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre in Lak