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Archive for December, 2010

Describe services more clearly, urges Prayer Book Society

Sunday, December 26th, 2010 Posted in Book Of Common Prayer | Comments Off

From Inspire Magazine Cathedrals and parish churches are being encouraged to make a New Year’s resolution to provide better information about the forms of service they use – whether traditional or ... Read more..

Archbishop’s fears for ‘hardworking and honest’ poor in Coalition cutbacks

Sunday, December 26th, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Poverty | Comments Off

By Jonathan Petre, Mailonline The Archbishop of Canterbury today warns that Government welfare cuts could hit the 'honest, hardworking' poor as well as those who exploit the system. Dr Rowan Williams said ... Read more..

Rich must shoulder their fair share of the burden, says Rowan Williams

Sunday, December 26th, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Sermons | Comments Off

By Robin McKie, Observer There is a "lasting sense" that the most prosperous in society have yet to shoulder their load in the economic downturn, the archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday. In ... Read more..

Storm over Pope’s Thought for the Day as scores of listeners complain to the BBC

Sunday, December 26th, 2010 Posted in Media, Pope Benedict | Comments Off

From Mailonline Scores of listeners have complained to the BBC over the Pope's historic Christmas Eve message on Radio 4's religious slot Thought For The Day. The Corporation said it had already ... Read more..

An A-Z of the church highlights in 2010

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Toby Cohen, CEN AMALGAMATION of dioceses has long been discussed as a money-saving measure, and in December the Dioceses Commission confirmed that it should go ahead — but not because ... Read more..

Archbishop of Westminster: faith is the greatest Christmas gift

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Faith | Comments Off

By Laura Roberts, Telegraph Catholics must do more to challenge society's assumption that faith is a "problem", the leader of England's Catholics has said in his Christmas homily . The Archbishop ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury: Royal wedding is symbol of hope in harsh times

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Church of England, Royal Wedding, Sermons | Comments Off

From the Daily Telegraph The Archbishop of Canterbury will hold up the Royal wedding as a symbol of hope in harsh times as part of his Christmas Day sermon today. Dr ... Read more..

Welcome to the stable of my heart

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Faith | Comments Off

By John-Henry Westen, LifeSite News [...]  I imagine the stable in Bethlehem was smelly and cold, strewn with dirt and cobwebs, hardly worthy of the animals, definitely not worthy of human ... Read more..

Church of England key statistics

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

From Christian Research 1.7 million people take part in a Church of England service each month, a level that has been maintained since the turn of the millennium. Approximately one million ... Read more..

Feast of the Nativity

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

 Sat Dec 25 Psalm 2, 18, 44 Zechariah 2:10-13   1 John 4:7-16 John 3:31-36 Feast of the Nativity The “why” of Christmas is, simply, love incarnate, kenotic love, amazing love! This love is more than eros  (that ... Read more..

Glory to the Newborn King! A happy and blessed Christmas to all our readers

Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

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Celebrating Christmas

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

By Mark Tooley, IRD Christmas of course is preeminently about remembering Christ's birth. Some sourpusses like to grouch, understandably, about the holiday's commercialization. But the globalization of Christmas, for all its ... Read more..

More violence in Jos

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Persecuted church | Comments Off

Archbishop Ben Kwashi reports that there have been explosions today in two different locations in Jos, Nigeria, targeted at the non-Muslim population, causing panic and concern as to the Christmas ... Read more..

Christmas Services

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

Christmas Day 3 pm BST: Queen's Christmas Broadcast - BBC Radio 4 and BBC 1 Television [UK only]   6 pm BST Carols for Christmas Day: From Winchester Cathedral - BBC 2 Television [UK ... Read more..

Remember it is Christmas not ‘Stress-mas’ says Archbishop in YouTube message

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

Dr John Sentamu today posted a Christmas message for visitors to YouTube asking people to value what is important at Christmas. We live in a virtual world where we have things ... Read more..

O Holy Night

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

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Carols from Kings

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

The 2010 service This year's service includes favourite carols like 'Ding! Dong! merrily on high', 'God rest you merry, gentlemen' and 'Hark! The herald-angels sing', as well as lesser-known carols ancient ... Read more..

Pope Benedict XVI delivers BBC’s Thought for the Day

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Pope Benedict | Comments Off

By Tim Ross, Telegraph The Pope offered a special prayer for the elderly at Christmas today as he presented Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 for the first time Benedict ... Read more..

Archbishop backs Christmas against secularist push

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Atheism, Christmas | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has come out in support of Christmas, stating, “most people of other religions and cultures both love the story and respect ... Read more..

Marriage should be between a man and a woman

Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

By The Rt Revd Tim Thornton There is a difference between marriage and what are at the moment called civil partnerships. We need to be honest about that. From my faith ... Read more..