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Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:05
Bibles burned, hymnbooks slashed
Yobs in West Yorkshire burned Bibles and slashed hymnbooks in an attack against a Methodist church in a village near Bradford. The attack on Birkenshaw Methodist Church was discovered earlier this week when an art group…
Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:04
Fight the good fight
Veteran civil rights campaigner and Baptist minister the Rev Jesse Jackson has urged Christians never to stop fighting for the poor - especially in this period of austerity. During a brief visit to the UK the…
Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:02
Churches urged to step into breach created by cuts
The Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, said it was ‘madness’ to cut investment from public services and communities after the Government unveiled its cuts to public spending in the Comprehensive Spending Review. Dr Sentamu urged people…
Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:00
Call for more abortion counselling provision
Tory MP Nadine Dorries urged the Government to instruct clinics to provide counselling to women who seek terminations. She said such ‘informed consent’ would lead to a reduction in UK abortion figures, currently around 200,000 a…
Thursday, 04 November 2010 13:59
Switzerland: 'Protect religious minorities' says Muslim at talks with Christians
The coordinator of a Muslim initiative to promote common ground with Christians says that leaders of the two religions have a duty to protect adherents of the other faith against followers of their own. ‘For both…
Thursday, 04 November 2010 13:59
Switzerland: 'Protect religious minorities' says Muslim at talks with Christians
The coordinator of a Muslim initiative to promote common ground with Christians says that leaders of the two religions have a duty to protect adherents of the other faith against followers of their own. ‘For both…