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Archive for October, 2010

Atheist census campaign: ‘If you’re not religious, for God’s sake say so!

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Atheism | Comments Off

From Cranmer The British Humanist Association (BHA) are evangelising again. They preach their gospel, propagate their creed and disseminate their dogma just like any other religion. [...]  We have just been through ... Read more..

The church’s lost leader

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Melanie Phillips, Spectator The former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, is calling, in the current issue of Standpoint magazine,(£) upon Education Secretary Michael Gove to restore the teaching of ... Read more..

Court Allows San Fran City Resolution Condemning Catholicism as ‘Insulting,’ ‘Hateful’

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSite News The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has shakily allowed to stand a resolution by the city government of San Francisco that lambasted the Vatican as ... Read more..

Finland Court Fines Pastor for Refusing to Work with Female Minister

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Hilary White, LifeSite News The Finnish Supreme Court has levied a €320 fine against a Christian pastor for his refusal to work with a female minister, calling it a case ... Read more..

The Ordinariate has got Anglican and Catholic mediocrities seriously rattled

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

By Damian Thompson, Telegraph There’s an excellent piece on the Ordinariate in today’s Daily Telegraph by our new religious affairs editor Tim Ross, reporting that “senior figures in the Catholic Church ... Read more..

Nazir-Ali calls on education secretary to restore teaching of Christianity to schools

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

by Jenna Lyle, Christian Today The former Bishop of Rochester is urging Education Secretary Michael Gove to restore the teaching of Christianity in Britain's schools. Writing in the latest edition of ... Read more..

First Consultation of the Stellenbosch Theological Institute

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Chris Sugden in Cape Town Members of Pentecostal and Anglican Churches have teamed up to launch the Stellenbosch Theological Institute which held its inaugural theological  consultation in Stellenbosch from October 24-26 Participants ... Read more..

Roman Catholic church facing £8m payout over child abuse claims

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

By Riazat Butt, Guardian A Roman Catholic diocese faces paying £8m in compensation after three high court judges ruled today it owned and ran an institution where 142 former pupils are ... Read more..

CHRISTIAN CONCERN: VICTORY FOR PRO LIFE PROTESTORS

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Two pro-life protesters, who were supported by the Christian Legal Centre, are celebrating after hearing that they will not be facing a criminal prosecution for a silent vigil outside an ... Read more..

CHRISTIAN CONCERN: UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Debate: Islamic Values or Christian Values—Which are better for Society?   For Islamic values: Abdullah Hakim For Christian values: Alan Craig   Held at 6 pm on 27 October at City University, Poynton Lecture Theatre, ... Read more..

Men PERMITTED to beat their wives and young children (as long as they don’t leave any marks), rules UAE court

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

Dan Newling for The Mail   Husbands are allowed to beat their wives and children - as long as they don’t leave any physical marks, an Islamic court in the United Arab ... Read more..

An act to silence Christians – and all free speech

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Stephen Baskerville for World Net Daily The attack on Christianity taking place throughout the Western world is not limited to cultural polemics. It has crossed the line into legislation that ... Read more..

CHRISTIAN CONCERN: WARNING AGAINST LEGALISING ASSISTED SUICIDE

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

A writer from a leading think tank has warned that if assisted suicide is legalised then the old, ill and frail will be deemed expendable. Cristina Odone, a writer for ... Read more..

CHRISTIAN CONCERN: NOT ASHAMED

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Our major campaign focus this week is Choose Life but Not Ashamed continues to gather momentum.   Thank you for sending in declaration signature sheets. Blank copies are available here. Please ... Read more..

Geert Wilders hate speech trial collapses in Netherlands

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Islam, Political Correctness | Comments Off

By Ian Traynor, Guardian The hate speech trial of the controversial far-right Dutch leader, Geert Wilders, collapsed in disarray at the last minute today when the panel of judges in the ... Read more..

Incentives for Cohabiting Couples To Marry

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

By Mike McManus, Ethics & Religion If I were running for governor in my state of Maryland, here’s a speech I would give this weekend, injecting a fresh idea into the ... Read more..

Suicide law in UK ‘would lead to 1000 deaths a year’

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

by Simon Caldwell, Mailonline More than a thousand Britons will die by doctor-assisted suicide each year if a U.S. law is imported, a think-tank will tell MPs and peers today. Safeguards to ... Read more..

Anglicans urged not to accept Pope’s offer

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

By Anna Arco and Simon Caldwell   The Catholic group in the Church of England’s General Synod has called for traditionalists to stay, claiming that they have the numbers to ensure provisions ... Read more..

Catholic Anglicans: don’t be taken in by this incoherent scheme to undermine the Ordinariate

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

By William Oddie, Catholic Herald The Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda is not a credible alternative You may not have noticed it (I had hardly noticed it myself) but the ... Read more..

The Archbishop of ‘Chutzpah’

Monday, October 25th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

By Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register (H/T T19) The Anglican Church careens down a path ever more divergent from traditional Christianity.  The traditional-minded among the Anglicans begged their Church and their ... Read more..