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Friday, 17 February 2012 10:26
Egypt: A difficult path to change
Parliament spent its first week with riots taking place just outside the main chambers. The Muslim Brotherhood will reveal the names of a coalition government when it forms a new leadership. That move is causing Christians…
Friday, 17 February 2012 10:23
USA: Chinese blocked religious freedom envoy
Chinese officials denied a visa to a top US State Department envoy and refused to meet with her to discuss issues of religious freedom days before this week’s high-profile visit to Washington by China’s vice president.…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:23
Secularists lobby to remove NHS chaplains
Bishops in the Church of England are resisting calls from a secular campaign group to ban the use of NHS money to fund hospital chaplains. The National Secular Society (NSS) argue that the NHS is spending…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:18
Archbishop decries possible legalization of euthanasia
Archbishop Rowan Williams has spoken out against assisted suicide saying it is un-Christian and dangerous for society. To make his point heard, the spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion drew comparisons between the legalization of…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:12
Bishop calls on Christian MPs to rebel over gay marriage
The Rt Rev Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury, urged politicians to help protect the ‘God-given meaning of marriage for the sake of all generations to come’. He also criticised the idea that ‘progress’ should mean a…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:10
Another Welfare Reform Bill defeat for the government
The Government has lost a record eighth vote in the House of Lords over its plans to severely cut and restructure the British welfare system. An amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill, overturning a move to…