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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..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..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..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..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..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..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..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..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..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..Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off
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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..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..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..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..Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off
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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..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..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..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..