British Isles
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:05
April's tragedy: outpouring of emotion for missing five-year-old
The people of Machynlleth came together to remember April at an emotional church service last Sunday. The parish priest, the Reverend Kathleen Rogers, vowed that ‘evil will never win over the good in people’ as she…
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:03
'First Supper' to launch new Centre for Living Christianity
The newly formed Centre for Living Christianity, dubbed CLiC for short, was launched in Edinburgh last weekend with an informal social event reflecting what it calls its ‘relaxed but thoughtful’ approach to exploring religious faith in…
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:01
Married couples 'will be in the minority by 2050’
Married couples will be in the minority in little more than a generation, a new report has claimed. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found marriage was increasingly the preserve of the middle and upper classes,…
Monday, 08 October 2012 11:59
Yorkshire churches enter groundbreaking partnership
Anglican and Methodist churches in Yorkshire have entered into a groundbreaking regional partnership. The Church of England and Methodist Church nationally have been committed to greater cooperation since signing a national covenant in 2003, but this…
Friday, 05 October 2012 20:01
Labour’s three-line whip on gay marriage is illiberal
Ed Miliband tells the Evening Standard today that Labour will give ‘wholehearted’ backing to gay marriage and says that churches and religious bodies should be allowed to conduct these ceremonies. At the same time Labour has…
Friday, 05 October 2012 19:59
John Sentamu snubbed - Church may take months to name new Archbishop
John Sentamu, the charismatic Archbishop of York, appears to have been snubbed in the hunt for a successor to Rowan Williams, amid claims that church leaders are in ‘deadlock’ and could take months to nominate a…