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Archive for May, 2011

Consecrations of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet & the Bishop of Richborough

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Forward In Faith | Comments Off

From Forward in Faith Arrangements for the Episcopal Ordinations of Fr Jonathan Baker and Fr Norman Banks. The Ordination will take place in Southwark Cathedral, London SE1 at 11.00 am on Thursday, ... Read more..

Bishop Nazir-Ali: HOLD FAST

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in American Anglican Council, Islam | Comments Off

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Four men slashed teacher’s face and left him with fractured skull ‘for teaching other religions to Muslim girls’

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in Intolerance, Islam | Comments Off

From Mailonline Four men launched a horrific attack on a teacher in which they slashed his face and left him with a fractured skull because they did not approve of him ... Read more..

House of Bishops divided on keeping out homosexuals

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Homosexuality | Comments Off

From Church Times A CHECKLIST has been drawn up that makes it virtually impossible for an openly gay person to become a bishop in the Church of England. At the same time ... Read more..

Eugenic abortion of disabled babies increasing in UK

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Hilary White, LifeSite News The most recent available statistics from England and Wales show that eugenic abortions have risen by ten percent in the past year. The 2010 statistics, published by ... Read more..

A New Direction beckons for the Mothers Union in Africa

Friday, May 27th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Marriage | Comments Off

By Chris Sugden, Church of England Newspaper May 27 A NEW focus on the family, spirituality and deliverance ministry was heralded as the Mothers’ Union in the Province of West Africa. ... Read more..

World Environment Day

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Fr David McGregor The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) has published material partially produced in this blog for World Environment Day on June 5. Some of this material has ... Read more..

Unsealing the Confessional

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Ethics, Healing, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Theodore Dalrymple Since malice is a passion that is never too distant from the human heart, denunciation is a habit that it is not difficult to instil in a population. ... Read more..

Parliamentary Debate on treatment of Christians

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Persecuted church, Politics | Comments Off

There was an important parliamentary debate on the treatment of Christians on Tuesday.  Links to video and full transcript are available here and here From Hansard [...]  David Simpson (Upper Bann) ... Read more..

The liberal inquisition

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Sex education, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Melanie Phillips, Spectator The profound illiberalism of the British so-called liberal has been on egregious display over the past day. The British government has a new advisory panel on sexual ... Read more..

Toronto set to fund Toronto Pride to tune of several hundred thousand dollars

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Patrick B Craine, LifeSite News The City of Toronto appears set to fund Toronto Pride with hundreds of thousands of dollars again this year after months of threats from city ... Read more..

Awake, Arise – special focus: 2 July Conference on the Family

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Responding to the sexualisation of our children in Schools and Society Saturday 2nd July 2011, 10am to 4pm Emmanuel Evangelical Church, 9-23 Marsham Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3DW In education, in the media, in politics ... Read more..

Christians in the UK are being persecuted – MP

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Persecuted church, Political Correctness | Comments Off

By Karen Peake, Christian Today People seem to be able to do whatever they like against Christianity, but not Islam, says one MP Christian MP David Simpson has raised his concern over ... Read more..

Family Education Trust Conference

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

Saturday 25 June 2011 Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1 10.30am to 4.45pm   Admission free (but please book in advance)   Agneta Sutton: Ethical dilemmas in modern medicine Shaun Bailey: Breaking the cycle ... Read more..

Church of England tied in knots over allowing gay men to become bishops

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Andrew Brown, Guardian A meeting of Church of England bishops in York this week has broken up without agreement on whether gay clergy should ever be allowed to be chosen ... Read more..

Bringing Life to the government’s sexual health debate

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Sex education, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Laurence Crutchlow, CMF The charity Life has been included on a new government sexual health forum – amidst an outcry of protest. It’s a predictable reaction – but sadly misguided.   Life ... Read more..

The Left wants to quash an honest debate on abortion

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Cristina Odone, Telegraph The Guardian is up in arms. On its front page, the newspaper blasts the Coalition for inviting Life, “a pro-abstinence” charity, to join a new Government-sponsored sexual ... Read more..

Anti-abortionists on sex education panel… to fury of the left

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Sophie Borland, Mailonline An anti-abortion charity has been given a key role advising the Government on sexual health. Life – a group which believes teenagers should be encouraged to be abstinent ... Read more..

Trustee questions Gay Straight Alliance assembly

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Cathy Dobson, Chatham Daily News A short assembly hosted by the Gay Straight Alliance in a Chatham-area high school "crossed the line" and should only be allowed if other minority ... Read more..

Outrageous! We can’t have people who disagree with the liberal consensus. That’s so Victorian!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 Posted in Sex education | Comments Off

By Ed West, Telegraph Disgusting, rages the Guardian, we’re returning to Victorian times: Anti-abortion group drafted in as sexual health adviser to government Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, ... Read more..