Articles
Sunday, 02 September 2012 15:57
Human rights 'agenda' is new totalitarianism, bishop warns judges
Laws originally designed to protect basic freedoms are instead being used to strip British society of its Christian foundations while upholding the rights of minorities. The warning, from a prominent Church of England bishop, comes as…
Sunday, 02 September 2012 15:55
Esther Rantzen: kids are ‘haunted’ by internet porn
Internet pornography is “warping” children’s understanding of sex and leading them to mimic “aggressive, harmful and dangerous” behaviour, Esther Rantzen has warned. Miss Rantzen, the founder of ChildLine, says the number of youngsters ringing the helpline…
Sunday, 02 September 2012 15:53
Churches have ‘prophetic duty’ to challenge poverty
Christians must not only serve the hungry and homeless in practical ways, but speak out against the economic injustice behind their poverty, says the head of Church Action on Poverty (CAP). Writing in the September edition…
Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:24
Pakistan: Christian boy’s mutilated body found
With the hysteria over the arrest of a Christian girl with Down’s syndrome on a charge of blasphemy (See Prayer Alert 34-2012) the body of 11-year-old Samuel Yaqoob was found in Punjab province with his lips…
Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:23
South Africa: Bishop brokered mine meeting
Bishop Jo Seoka, the president of the South African Council of Churches brokered a meeting between Lonmin executives and striking miners following the death of 34 miners when police opened fire on them at a protest…
Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:22
Iran: Facing death in Prison
Jailed Iranian pastor Behnam Irani is ‘already facing death’ after being denied proper medical care promised by prison officials. An update on his condition from a council member of the pastor's Church of Iran said he…