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Vicar of Rome to Gay Priests: Come Out and Get Out

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Homosexuality, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off

By Peter J Smith, LifeSite News With the Vatican reeling from another sex scandal, this time in the heart of the Eternal City, the Vicar of Rome is sending an unequivocal ... Read more..

Anglican Communion Standing Committee tightens control over communications through “officially sanctioned networks” of political-advocacy groups

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

From BabyBlue Online With Ian Douglas proclaiming that the credibility-challenged new group called the Anglican Communion Standing Committee "has pursued a course of transparency and open communication," at the same time ... Read more..

Contrasting Futures for the Anglican Communion: A Transformed ACC and the Anglican Covenant

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

From ACI The Reverend Canon Professor Christopher Seitz The Reverend Dr. Philip Turner The Reverend Dr. Ephraim Radner Mark McCall, Esq. Michael Watson, Esq.   The crises in the Anglican Communion in recent years have revealed two ... Read more..

Planned Parenthood sex educator conference targets youth-serving organizations

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News, Sex education | Comments Off

American Life League: STOPP report Planned Parenthood's annual conference held in Des Moines, Iowa, last week targeted "sexual health educators, trainers, directors and managers of youth-serving organizations, Planned Parenthood affiliates, and other ... Read more..

Key cause of AIDS ‘off the table’

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow At last week's International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, the Obama administration pledged the support of the U.S. in the global fight against AIDS. But one pro-family ... Read more..

Nothing to see here, move along

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Schism | Comments Off

By Mollie, Get Religion Last year, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to change its doctrine to allow gay clergy in committed sexual relationships. The Associated Press ran a story ... Read more..

Anglican Communion Standing Committee Gives A Pass to Episcopal Church

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, TEC | Comments Off

By David W. Virtue, Virtueonline Despite a proposal from orthodox Anglican leader Dato Stanley Isaacs from the Province of South East Asia that the American Episcopal Church be separated from the ... Read more..

CCFON: The ‘Big Society’ and the Church: PM must respect Church’s ethical values in ‘true’ partnership

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon’   Creative, enthusiastic Church involvement in The ‘Big Society’, as spoken of today by Premier David Cameron, will only take place if Government respects the Church’s unique character and moral basis, ... Read more..

Australian Sex Party promises to legalise euthanasia

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Yahoo News’ MELBOURNE (AFP) – The Australian Sex Party on Tuesday promised to spice up campaigning for next month's elections with a manifesto "unlike Australia had ever seen before". Party chief Fiona ... Read more..

US: ‘Final Exit’ billboards promote ‘right to die’

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`CBN News’   Several controversial euthanasia billboards have begun appearing on some coastal roadsides in New Jersey and in San Francisco. The signs, which were put up by the right to die advocacy ... Read more..

Shipman’s Hyde colleague warns of malicious GP risk

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Peter Marshall’                      `BBC’ Dr Raj Patel, who still works in Hyde, believes that a malicious doctor could still exploit weaknesses in GP systems - 10 years after Shipman was jailed. Dame ... Read more..

Ofsted: schools not talking to parents about sex ed

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   Parents are “rarely” consulted about their children’s lessons involving sex education, a new Ofsted report has said. The study, by the Government’s schools inspectorate, found that some schools ... Read more..

Poll: More than Half of Americans Favor Abortion Restrictions

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Peter Smith’                  `LifeSiteNews’ WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over half of U.S. adults say they would favor some form of abortion restrictions, according to a new poll by Angus-Reid ... Read more..

Bishop warns against peril of alcohol abuse

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   The Church of England must be “more up-front” about the dangers of alcohol abuse, a leading Anglican Bishop has argued. Bishop of Manchester Nigel McCulloch said: “The Church of ... Read more..

“THE 5 MOST EXCITING THINGS ABOUT ANGLICAN 1000?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By David Roseberry, Treading Grain Our guest blogger today is The Rev’d Canon David Roseberry, Rector of Christ Church, Plano, Texas and Chair of Anglican 1000.  He writes today of the ... Read more..

Polls Show Kenyans Favoring Pro-Abortion Constitution; HLI Asks for Prayer

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Kathleen Gilbert’                  `LifeSiteNews’ NAIROBI, July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two new polls gauging Kenyans' feelings on the new pro-abortion constitution found most saying they would likely vote the new legislation into ... Read more..

How saving umbilical cords saves lives

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Bonnie Rochman’                       `Time Magazine’ As their due date creeps closer, many pregnant women pack a go bag for the hospital: toothbrush, iPod, cute bringing-baby-home outfit. But in recent months, savvy mothers-to-be ... Read more..

UK sharia banks hampered by recession

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Khalid Qayum’                      `Bloomberg’   Growth in Islamic financing in the U.K. has been hampered by an economic slump and what Moody’s Investors Service describes as a lack of government support. HSBC Amanah, ... Read more..

Video: US University tells Christian to change beliefs

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   A Christian student in the US has been told she will not be permitted to graduate unless she changes her beliefs. Jennifer Keeton, 24, is studying for a degree ... Read more..

Pro-family Groups Act to Rescue National Day of Prayer from Lackluster Obama Defense

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`LifeSiteNews’ WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Family Research Council, Liberty Institute, and over a dozen pro-family groups are accusing the Obama administration of conducting a weak defense of the ... Read more..