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Archive for October, 2011

Message from Bishop David Anderson

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in American Anglican Council, Anglican Communion | Comments Off

From AAC As Christians, we are living in tumultuous times: old things, some of which were good, are passing away, and new things, some of which are frightening, are coming upon ... Read more..

US Executive Council rejects Anglican Covenant

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Covenant, TEC | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council has rejected the Anglican Covenant. On 24 Oct 2011 the council unanimously endorsed a resolution recommending the General Convention – the governing body ... Read more..

‘Royal succession change will add to secularisation’

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Constitution, Monarchy | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Allowing the heir to the throne to marry a Roman Catholic may lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England – and make Britain officially secular, ... Read more..

Taking the abortion pill

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Marcia Segelstein, World Magazine Recently, Tiffany Owens wrote a WORLDmag.com Web Extra titled “Holly’s Story,” which was about the efforts of Monty Patterson to get warning labels put on packages ... Read more..

News Bulletin 28 October 2011 — The Christian Institute

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

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CAB dumps former SNP chief for traditional marriage views

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Former leader of the Scottish National Party, Gordon Wilson, has been kicked off the board of Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) – because of his support for ... Read more..

Consecrations of the Bishops of Durham and Penrith

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

On Friday 28 October at 11am, the Bishop of Durham and the Bishop of Penrith will be consecrated by the Archbishop of York, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr ... Read more..

‘I can’t stomach the use of force, so I quit’ St Paul’s cleric says

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Ruth Gledhill  The Times 28 October Giles Fraser, 47, who resigned as Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s because he opposes the use of force to evict the 200 protesters camped outside, ... Read more..

Nurses could be jailed for mentioning assisted suicide

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Euthanasia, Medical Ethics | Comments Off

By Jared Yee, Bio Edge Nurses will be warned that they could go to prison if they talk to patients about assisted suicide. They will be told that they face prosecution if ... Read more..

School sex videos ‘horrify parents’ claims Northampton MP

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

By Wayne Bontoft,Northampton Chronicle SOME parents in Northamptonshire are “horrified” when they learn what their young children are taught in sex education classes, one of the county’s MPs has claimed. The Conservative ... Read more..

Further commentary on St Paul’s Cathedral

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

St Paul's to reopen today as Lord Carey claim protest damages Christianity Telegraph The Occupy protest at St Paul's Cathedral - a parable of our times by Lord Carey, Telegraph Giles Fraser ... Read more..

The Tolerance Police Are At It Again

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Political Correctness, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch It’s a good thing the tolerance brigade are tolerant; just imagine if they were not tolerant! But I jest of course. The tragic truth is, there is ... Read more..

Governments condemn UN official’s attempt to create ‘right’ to abortion

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Timothy Herrmann, LifeSite News At UN headquarters this week, a number of governments dismissed a high level UN bureaucrat’s claim that abortion is a human right and went so far ... Read more..

Britain must be a country where people can be proud of their religion

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

By Sayeeda Warsi, Telegraph The murder of Shahbaz Bhatti in Pakistan emphasises the urgent need for communication between faiths. Earlier this year, people across the world were shocked and appalled when Shahbaz ... Read more..

Now even Europe’s human rights chief admits British Bill of Rights is ‘the right thing to do’

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Human Rights | Comments Off

By Daniel Martin, Mailonline The man in charge of the controversial European Convention of Human Rights has admitted David Cameron’s pledge to bring in a British Bill of Rights could be ... Read more..

Church confronts News Corp

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

From Church Times THE Church of England has made a series of demands of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, after a face-to-face meeting with directors in which it raised “serious ethical concerns” ... Read more..

Royal equality act will end succession of first born male – rather than older sister

Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Monarchy | Comments Off

By Nicholas Watt, Telegraph Commonwealth leaders will pledge to amend legislation dating back to the 17th century to allow daughters of the monarch to take precedence over younger sons in the ... Read more..

St Paul’s Canon blasts church over ‘violent treatment’ of tent protesters

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

Tom Harper and Peter Dominiczak, London Evening Standard A senior Church of England cleric resigned today in the latest extraordinary twist in the siege of St Paul's Cathedral. Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser ... Read more..

Common sense wins with reopening of St Paul’s

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

by Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, Evening Standard It is easy to be cynical about health and safety but it would be naive of the Dean and Chapter, in charge of ... Read more..

Canon Giles Fraser resigns from St Paul’s Cathedral on Twitter, having single-handedly cost the Cathedral hundreds of thousands in lost revenue

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Toby Young, Telegraph [...]  He announced his resignation on Twitter – you couldn't make this up – at 9.30am this morning. The fact that he's resigned just as the Cathedral ... Read more..