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Archive for October, 2009

Statement by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Press statement: Bishop Michael is not becoming a Roman Catholic. He intends to continue as a bishop in the Church of England and to encourage orthodox people, evangelical and catholic, in ... Read more..

A Pastoral Exhortation to the Faithful in the Anglican Communion – from the Global South Primates

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Sunday, 25 October 2009 14:01 From the Global South Primates Steering Committee 1. We, under-shepherds of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church of Jesus Christ, bring greetings to the faithful in ... Read more..

Video: police quiz Christian pensioner over gay beliefs

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'  A Christian pensioner was verbally abused at a gay pride parade but when she complained to her local council, the police investigated her for ‘homophobic hatred’.   Mrs Howe speaks ... Read more..

Educating teachers, schools on religious rights

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Education, Freedom Of Speech, News | Comments Off

by Charlie Butts for OneNewsNow The Rutherford Institute has launched its annual campaign to educate educators and the public on the U.S. Constitution. Institute founder John Whitehead explains the need for the campaign, ... Read more..

Welcoming the Vatican’s welcome of disaffected Anglicans

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, News, Roman Catholicism, Thought | Comments Off

by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership WashingtonPost.com Hat-tip: TitusOneNine Why does a rabbi care about whether or not the Catholic Church becomes more welcoming of ... Read more..

BNP ‘irredeemably evil’ says Carey

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Times'     Ruth Gledhill Lord Carey of Clifton in tomorrow's News of the World: 'What a pity that none of the other panelists challenged Griffin's deceitful attempt to align his despicable ... Read more..

Russia champions ‘traditional values’

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, News | Comments Off

by Carolyn Moynihan for Mercatornet.com Let’s face it: there is a lot wrong with Russia. The Russian Federation’s demographic and social problems are notorious. Abuse of alcohol among Russians is possibly the worst ... Read more..

Friday Five: Melissa Fryrear with Love Won Out

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

by Kim Trobee for CitizenLink.org Focus on the Family's longest running conference, Love Won Out, will soon be transitioned to Exodus International. Melissa Fryrear, director of the event, recently traveled to ... Read more..

Government springs for older LGBT population

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality, News, Politics | Comments Off

by Jim Brown for OneNewsNow.com The Obama administration plans to set up "the nation's first national resource center" for older homosexual, bisexual, and transgender Americans. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ... Read more..

A message from Bishop David Anderson

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury, News, Pope Benedict, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off

Beloved in Christ, The news that has overtaken much of the Christian media (and a good bit of the secular as well) is the announcement from Rome that they are opening ... Read more..

Traditional Anglican Communion “On the Same Page” as Vatican on Life and Family: Canadian TAC Head

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News, Pope Benedict, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off

By Hilary White ROME, October 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC), the largest of the "traditionalist" Anglican breakaway groups, is dedicated to the Catholic teachings on moral doctrine, ... Read more..

If I were Cormac I’d throw a sickie

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Times'      Ruth Gledhill The title of the former Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's lecture at Worth Abbey next week:   'ARCIC: Dead in the water or money in the bank?' The blurb says: ... Read more..

Alcohol toll: rising deaths and hospital admissions

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' Shocking new figures have revealed the scale of alcohol-related deaths and hospital admissions in England.   Every year nearly 9,000 people die from diseases directly caused by alcohol, while admissions ... Read more..

MEP: EU seen as cold place for Christianity

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' An Irish MEP says the EU is seen as a “cold place for Christianity”.   Gay Mitchell MEP, speaking in the European Parliament, said he had experienced a lack of ... Read more..

Top cop: free speech clause in ‘gay hate’ law is essential

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Chtistian Institute' Removing free speech protection from a ‘homophobic incitement’ law will put the police in a “virtual straitjacket”, says a former chief constable.   Lord Dear, who is also a former ... Read more..

Lord Waddington: Free speech is not harmful

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' We risk criminalising the innocent if we remove a free speech shield from the ‘homophobic hatred’ law, a former Home Secretary has said.   Lord Waddington, writing for the Guardian ... Read more..

Dem Leaders Plan to Block Vote on Pro-Life Health Amendment, Fearing It Otherwise “Certain to Prevail”: AP. Stupak Leads Pro-Life House Dems in Clash Over Health Bill Abortion Funding

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `LifeSiteNews'         Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., October 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A final attempt to block a vast federal policy shift in favor of abortion will not be granted a vote as ... Read more..

Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Funds Pornographic Display at Harvard

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`LifeSiteNews'               James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Obama's controversial and embattled "safe schools czar," Kevin Jennings, has helped fund a pornographic, anti-Catholic and sado-masochistic art display currently being ... Read more..

Less than half of teenage girls believe marriage should come before children and most think gay couples make good parents, according to a Girlguiding UK study.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 Telegraph.co.uk             Julie Henry A ground-breaking series of studies, published next month, show liberal attitudes towards the make-up of the family, religion and cultural integration among the modern generation of girls and ... Read more..

Can secular society cope intellectually?

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Two recent newspaper articles raise the interesting question of whether modern secularism can really cope with intellectual challenges. The first, by Antonia Senior in The Times, is titled, ‘A flawed philosophy ... Read more..