Religious Groups Active On Several Issues At G-20

Religious groups have been active at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Yesterday 30 religious leaders from numerous faiths met with U.S. deputy national security adviser Michael Froman urging action on problems faced by the world's poorest people. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.) Also yesterday morning more than 100 people gathered in one area of Pittsburgh to call for China to allow freedom to practice Falun Gong, while in another area of the city 15 Burmese monks and about 40 supporters protested human rights conditions in Myanmar. (Beliefnet News.) [Thanks to Insitute on Religion & Public Policy for the leads.]