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Pope Benedict XVI recalls UK with fondness in Christmas radio address
Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Pope Benedict | Comments Off
By Riazat Butt and Josh Halliday, Guardian Pope's message for Radio 4 slot has themes of salvation and hope, with no mention of Vatican scandal or religious freedom Pope Benedict XVI has ... Read more..Q&A: same-sex marriages and civil partnerships
Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Civil Partnerships, Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By Tim Ross, Telegraph What would reforms to marriage and civil partnerships mean for couples? Q What is the situation now? Since 2005, lesbian and gay couples have been able to register ... Read more..Coalition ministers consider gay marriage plans
Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By Tim Ross, Telegraph New laws giving full marriage rights to gay couples could be introduced under reforms being considered by the Coalition, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal ... Read more..Saving sex for marriage leads to greater stability, communication
Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Marriage, sex | Comments Off
By Patrick B Craine, LifeSite News Couples who reserve sex for marriage enjoy greater stability and communication in their relationships, say researchers at Brigham Young University. A new study from the Mormon ... Read more..Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Friday, December 24th, 2010 Posted in Advent | Comments Off
Fri Dec 24 am: 45, 46 pm: 89:1-29 am: Isa 35:1-10 pm: Isa 59:15b-21 am: Rev 22:12-17 pm: Phil 2:5-11 Luke 1:67-80 Christmas Eve – Eve of the Feast of the Nativity Today, as we’re waiting for Christmas, as we ... Read more..Doing God in Education
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Education, Faith | Comments Off
From Theos If modern Britain is becoming a battlefield between those with religious faith and those with none, education is on the front line. This new report argues that God belongs ... Read more..TEC Texas legal setback
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off
By George Conger, CEN The Episcopal Church suffered a setback this week in its Texas legal battle with the breakaway Diocese of Fort Worth after a US Federal judge stayed all ... Read more..Guardian angels ‘protect third of Britons’
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Faith | Comments Off
From BBC News Nearly one in three Britons believe they have a guardian angel watching over them, according to a survey. Online research for the Bible Society and Christian Research into the ... Read more..In the gay marriage debate, stop playing the hate card
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By Matthew J Franck, Washington Post In the debates over gay marriage, "hate" is the ultimate conversation-stopper. Some stories from recent months: A religion instructor at a midwestern state university explains in ... Read more..Census plans ‘inappropriate’
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off
From CEN A British Humanist Association campaign encouraging people not to enter a religious affiliation on next year’s census has been branded “inappropriate” by the Bishop of Bristol. Bishop Michael Hill said ... Read more..Tense Christmas Weekend Ahead in Pakistan
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Persecuted church, Religious Liberty | Comments Off
From Christian Post Without leaving her jail cell in the Punjab province of Pakistan, Asia Bibi, the Christian mother of five who has been sentenced to death by a regional court ... Read more..Christian exodus from Iraq gathers pace
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Persecuted church | Comments Off
By Martin Chulov, Guardian Churches empty and Christmas decorations are put away after al-Qaida renews deadly threat Their cathedrals stand silent and their neighbourhoods are rapidly emptying. Now Iraq's Christians face two ... Read more..Churches urged to make New Year’s Resolution…and declare whether services are modern or traditional.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Book Of Common Prayer, Church of England | Comments Off
From The Prayer Book Society OUR cathedrals and parish churches are being encouraged to make a new year’s resolution and provide better information about the forms of service they use – ... Read more..Govt tells Labour: we’re not ashamed of Christmas cheer
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off
From The Christian Institute A Labour MP’s attempt to criticise a Government department for presumed excessive festive spending backfired spectacularly earlier his week. Robert Neill, a minister in the communities department, highlighted ... Read more..Canon White defiant in face of violence
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Persecuted church | Comments Off
By Gerald Butt, Church Times CHRISTIANS in Iraq face a sombre and fearful Christmas, as the prospects for 2011 look, at best, uncertain. “There’s been great fear, and there’s been a lot ... Read more..Christian religious freedom under threat across EU: UN security organization
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off
By Hilary White, LifeSite News The religious freedom of Christians in Europe is under threat from “equalities” and anti-discrimination laws around the EU, said The Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in ... Read more..Education report debunks secular neutrality myth
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Education, Faith | Comments Off
From The Christian Institute Secularism isn’t a value neutral force in education and attempts to exclude faith from the classroom risk anti-religious indoctrination, according to a new report by a professor ... Read more..More people to shop online than go to church on Christmas Day
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off
By Harry Wallop, Daily Telegraph An estimated 4.8 million people will find time on Christmas Day to go online, get out their credit card, and buy a product, according to IMRG, ... Read more..The internet is positive but there is more to life than spending money
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Christmas, Internet | Comments Off
By Chris Sugden, Telegraph For good and ill, the internet is ever present in our lives. On Christmas Day, there will not only be shopping, but blogging and emailing too. But ... Read more..The nations favourite Christmas Carols
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off
From The Church Mouse A YouGov poll has revealed the nations favourite carols. 1162 people were asked which carol, if any, was their favourite from a list of 20. The top ... Read more..