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Over 500 Dead After Election of Christian President in Nigeria
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Conflict, Islam | Comments Off
By Lawrence D Jones, Christian Post Deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians in the north of Nigeria following the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan has brought the death toll to over ... Read more..35 radicals trained for terrorism at British mosques, Guantanamo files reveal
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Islam | Comments Off
by Tim Shipman and Daniel Martin, Mailonline Britain's mosques became an international haven for extremists who enjoyed state benefits while being trained for terrorism, leaked documents show. The WikiLeaks files, written by ... Read more..Video: gay history lessons could be forced on US state
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, News | Comments Off
From The Christian Institute The teaching of ‘homosexual history’ could become compulsory in California’s schools if a new Bill becomes law. The Bill says it will prohibit the use of any textbooks ... Read more..God’s bankers: How evangelical Christianity is taking a hold of the City of London’s financial institutions
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Evangelism, Faith | Comments Off
By Alex Preston, Independent When I worked in the City, I could see the spire of Christ Church Spitalfields from my desk. I liked to look at it as I traded ... Read more..As the Government contemplates a multi-faith House of Lords, they retreat on the Act of Settlement
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Constitution, Parliament | Comments Off
From Cranmer While His Grace foresaw that 2011 would be a year of constitutional reform, he also knew it would be devilishly difficult, if not impossible. House of Lords reform and ... Read more..The Holy Spirit is at work in the ordinariate
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off
By William Johnstone, Catholic Herald William Johnstone explains how he overcame his initial misgivings about Pope Benedict XVI’s historic offer to groups of Anglicans When the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus was first ... Read more..Disabled people’s charity suicide warning builds on launch last year of the Resistance Campaign
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off
By Peter Saunders, CMF The News of the World reports today that that a leading disabled people's charity has hit out against the 'headlong rush' to allow assisted suicide in Britain. ... Read more..British girls worst binge drinkers in western world
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in youth culture | Comments Off
By Nick Collins, Telegraph Half of all 15-year-old girls have been drunk at least twice – almost double the average for other developed countries – while more than a quarter of ... Read more..Human rights law costs £9bn a year
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Legislation | Comments Off
By Rhodri Phillips, The Sun THE hated European human rights act is costing the UK more than £9BILLION a year, experts said last night. The law is used by celebs to hide ... Read more..The Achilles Heel of Anglicanism (In North America and the United Kingdom)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off
By Philip Turner, ACI For many years I studied in England or worked within the British sphere of influence; and during that time I learned to look forward to Alastair Cooke’s, ... Read more..Alex Salmond calls for clarification on Act of Settlement
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Constitution, Monarchy | Comments Off
By Peter Hutchison, Telegraph Alex Salmond has urged the Government to clarify its stance on the Act of Settlement, which prevents members of the Royal family from marrying Roman Catholics, after ... Read more..Catholic defectors will leave Anglicans breathing sigh of relief – bishop
Monday, April 25th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates, Church of England | Comments Off
by Riazat Butt, Guardian Church of England bishop Christopher Hill says losing clergy or laity to Catholic Ordinariate will let CoE move on A Church of England bishop says congregations will breathe ... Read more..I’m sure my bishop means well, but if he opens faith schools to all and sundry, the Church I love must have a death wish
Monday, April 25th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Education, Faith | Comments Off
By Stephen Glover, Mailonline Over the past 25 years and more, the place of the Church of England has diminished in our national life. Congregations have dwindled, though recently the trend has ... Read more..Archbishop of Canterbury: Joy is still possible in a world of injustice
Monday, April 25th, 2011 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Sermons | Comments Off
By Karen Peake, Christian Today Authentic happiness does not take away from the reality of threat or the risk of suffering, but can be experienced in spite of these because of ... Read more..Church blocks reforms over royal marriages
Monday, April 25th, 2011 Posted in Monarchy, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off
By Rosa Prince, Telegraph The Church of England has blocked a Government move to scrap a centuries-old law which prevents members of the Royal family from marrying Roman Catholics, The Daily ... Read more..The King James Bible is 400 years old this year: On Easter Sunday, one historian blasts a trumpet in its honour
Sunday, April 24th, 2011 Posted in Bible | Comments Off
By David Starkey, Mailonline This month sees the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. It is the greatest book in the English language. It made English, and ... Read more..Cardinal Keith O’Brien criticises secularism
Sunday, April 24th, 2011 Posted in Roman Catholicism, Secularism, Sermons | Comments Off
From BBC News The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has used his Easter message to attack "aggressive secularism". It was an issue Pope Benedict warned about on ... Read more..Seek happiness, not prosperity, archbishop urges
Sunday, April 24th, 2011 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Sermons | Comments Off
From BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said in his Easter sermon that corporate prosperity without fulfilment is an "empty thing". Rowan Williams said it was a good thing that people ... Read more..What day was the Last Supper – and should it really matter to us?
Sunday, April 24th, 2011 Posted in Theology | Comments Off
By Peter Stanford, Telegraph For Christians gathering in churches this Easter weekend, the gospel accounts of Jesus’s death and resurrection bring us to the absolute core of our faith. But, even ... Read more..Royal wedding: The bit in the church is the bit that matters to the whole world
Sunday, April 24th, 2011 Posted in Marriage, Monarchy, Royal Wedding | Comments Off
By Charles Moore, Telegraph With two billion due to watch it, republicans are right to worry about the royal wedding, writes Charles Moore. Did you know that there was no royal ... Read more..