Pope Gregory's Ghost

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Pope Gregory VII haunts the English imagination. Like any self-...

Tribal India Battles Big Business Over Land

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

First, the land surveyors came. Then the rumours spread through the villages: Tata, one of India's biggest conglomerates, would build a steel mill in the district.

A Christian registrar who lost her job after she refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Final Exit Network Members Charged With Assisting Suicide

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Four elderly members of an assisted suicide group have been charged, under US laws combatting organised crime, with helping a man kill himself.

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Holland Proposes Giving Over-70s The Right To Die If They 'Consider Their Lives Complete'

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Assisted suicide for anyone over 70 who has simply had enough of life is being considered in Holland.

A Christian registrar who lost her job after she refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

In a little-noticed document published last Wednesday, the Catholic bishops of England gently point to a route out of the UK's current economic and political troubles. Choosing the Common Good struggled to ...

Europe Must Not Ban The Burqa

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Prohibition of the burqa and the niqab would not liberate oppressed women, but might instead lead to their further alienation in European societies. A general ban on such attire would be an ill-advised inva...

Digital Rosary Beads On New Iphone App

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

A Christian media company has devised a rosary bead application for the iPhone, giving tech-savvy believers a convenient way of counting off their prayers.

Mysticism is dying, and taking true religion with it. Monasteries have dwindled. Contemplative orders have declined. Our religious leaders no longer preach the renunciation of the world; our culture scoffs ...

Harriet Harman Could Kill Off ‘Gay Marriages In Church' Plan

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Equality Minister will decide with Cabinet colleagues whether to allow the controversial amendment to her flagship anti-discrimination bill to stand when it reaches the Commons next week.

The Dalai Lama Appears On Twitter — And ‘Tweets For A Better World’

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Dalai Lama is the latest and most senior world religious leader to appear on Twitter, the social networking site.

Britain has become a "selfish society" with a “tick-box mentality" due to Labour’s obsession with targets and red tape, Roman Catholic leaders have claimed.

Church of England clergy will be sued for discrimination if they refuse to “marry” homosexuals under a proposed law, a bishop has warned. Other religious leaders fear that churches that refuse t...

Petition Against Pope Benedict XVI's UK Visit

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

A petition protesting against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain later this year is to be handed in to Downing Street by the National Secular Society.

The House of Lords voted to lift the ban on civil partnership ceremonies in churches and other religious premises last night.

Muslims Help Lift Library's Ban On Christian Poster

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Library staff in Sunderland stopped members of a church putting up the poster advertising the Women’s World Day of Prayer, claiming that official council policy prevented them from displaying it.

Why Don't Politicians Do God Any More?

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

This election becomes more intriguing by the day. Distaste for politicians and their parties is rife. We have an unpopular Prime Minister who may nevertheless be returned to office, and a leader of the Oppo...

Line To The Lord: To Confess, Press Two

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

A premium rate phone line in France is offering Catholics the chance to confess their sins, for 34c (31p) a minute plus connection charge. But French bishops are attempting to disconnect Le ...

Lord Carey: ‘Strident And Bullying Campaign’ To Marginalise Christians In UK

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Christians are being “bullied” out of public life in Britain while politicians fail to stand up for thei...

HSBC Chief Executive Gives Bonus To Charity

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

HSBC two top executives will not be taking their bonuses, as Europe's biggest bank followed the pattern set by Britain's other major financial institutions.

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Pope Gregory's Ghost

Tribal India Battles Big Business Over Land

Final Exit Network Members Charged With Assisting Suicide

Holland Proposes Giving Over-70s The Right To Die If They 'Consider Their Lives Complete'

Europe Must Not Ban The Burqa

Digital Rosary Beads On New Iphone App

Harriet Harman Could Kill Off ‘Gay Marriages In Church' Plan

The Dalai Lama Appears On Twitter — And ‘Tweets For A Better World’

Petition Against Pope Benedict XVI's UK Visit

Muslims Help Lift Library's Ban On Christian Poster

Why Don't Politicians Do God Any More?

Line To The Lord: To Confess, Press Two

Lord Carey: ‘Strident And Bullying Campaign’ To Marginalise Christians In UK

HSBC Chief Executive Gives Bonus To Charity