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04/12/2010Dawkins, Hitchens Want Pope Arrested During U.K. Visit
Atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins wants Pope Benedict XVI to be arrested during his state visit to Britain in September.
1 comments - 04/07/2010
Judge Upholds Ban Against Nurse Wearing Crucifix Necklace
A Christian nurse says she is “disappointed” after a tribunal ruled that she could not wear her crucifix necklace to work.
- 04/04/2010
Opposition Not Same as Persecution, Says Anglican Head
The spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion used his Easter sermon Sunday to call upon British Christians to remember what the cross stands for in their faith and refrain from equating opposition to their faith to the physical persecution suffered by believers in other countries.
- 04/04/2010
Methodist Leader: Celebrate the Risen Lord
The president of the Methodist Conference is inviting Christians to celebrate on Sunday the risen Lord and his love in action in their lives.
- 04/03/2010
Anglican Head Apologizes for Catholic Church Remarks
The head of the worldwide Anglican Communion has offered an apology after saying that the Catholic Church in Ireland had lost all credibility as a result of the child abuse scandal.
- 04/02/2010
Encumbered Pope Stresses Jesus' Teaching on Non-Retaliation
Pope Benedict XVI engaged in the traditional act of washing the feet of his bishops and priests in St. Peter’s Basilica Thursday night.
Tags Pope - 04/01/2010
Anglican Head: Witness Boldly Despite Injustice
The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Christians to witness “boldly and clearly” despite the hardships they will inevitably face because of their faith.
Tags Anglicans - 03/30/2010
Churches Back Call to End Detention of Child Asylum Seekers
The Catholic Church is the latest organization to come out in support of a campaign to end the detention of families seeking sanctuary in Britain.
Tags Human Rights - 03/29/2010
Christians Concerned Over Mandatory Sex Lessons for 5-Year-Olds
Church and faith school leaders have criticized a bill passing through Parliament that seeks to make sex and relationships education compulsory for schoolchildren from the age of five.
- 03/23/2010
UK Christians Petition Move Allowing Civil Partnerships in Churches
More than 6,000 Christians have signed a petition calling on the government to drop a controversial clause in the Equality Bill that allows churches to conduct civil partnership ceremonies in places of worship.
Tags Homosexuality - 03/21/2010
Pope Apologizes for Catholic Church's Child Abuse Failures
Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday for the abuse of children by Irish priests in a pastoral letter to bishops in the Church of Ireland.
- 03/19/2010
Security of Nigerian Christians Urged after Fatal Attacks
Release International is calling on the international community to help protect Christians in Nigeria after a second deadly attack near Jos.
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03/10/2010Evangelical, Ecumenical Heads Meet in Geneva
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches and the international director of the World Evangelical Alliance recently met to discuss their common concerns about efforts toward Christian unity.
Tags Ecumenical Evangelicals - 03/08/2010
U.K. Christians Expect More Difficulties After Civil Partnerships Vote
A conservative group in the Church of England says Christians in the United Kingdom will face an “even more difficult environment” following last week’s vote by the House of Lords to lift a ban on civil partnership ceremonies in churches.
Tags Homosexuality - 03/05/2010
UK Churches Campaign for Nuclear-Free World
An alliance of nine British Churches has joined the World Council of Churches in calling on governments to drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals.
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