5/2/2008
Friday
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WCC calls for uncontrolled immigration
British Church Newspaper · 25 April 2008
“Migration is a fact of life. It is as much an instinct to survive as it is an inevitable consequence of globalization. We can neither turn our backs on it, nor control it,”... |
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Top ecumenists cooperate with EU Commission
British Church Newspaper · 25 April 2008
EU integration and the Lisbon Treaty were discussed by the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) meeting in the Czech Republic 10-13... |
4/30/2008
Wednesday
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Polish priests told to stop ‘treating church as a firm’
British Church Newspaper · 25 April 2008
Poland’s Roman Catholic bishops have urged their country’s clergy to see the priesthood as a service, rather than a career offering good pay and prospects.
“Among many lay... |
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USA: Pope apologises for serial abuse by priests; then meets victims and offers them ‘hope and encouragement’
British Church Newspaper · by a correspondent
In his much publicised visit to the United States last week, the Pope, in what was clearly a ‘damage limitation’ exercise, apologised publicly for the Roman Catholic Church’s... |
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President Bush flatters Pope
British Church Newspaper · 25 April 2008
“For those of you on the South Lawn — who saw the South Lawn ceremony live, it was — what an unbelievable — it was just such a special moment,” President Bush told the National... |
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Norwegians insist their King must be a Protestant
British Church Newspaper · 25 April 2008
All seven parties in Norway’s parliament, the Storting, have agreed to loosen the ties that link the State with the Church of Norway (Lutheran), an agreement seen by some as a... |
4/27/2008
Sunday
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Polish church faces accusations of child sex abuse cover-up
British Church Newspaper · 11 April 2008
The head of the Roman Catholic Dominican order in Poland has publicly rebuked one of his country's archbishops after he criticised a member of the order for helping expose... |
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Vatican distances itself from criticisms of Islam by
convert baptised by Pope
British Church Newspaper · 11 April 2008
Egyptian-born Muslim, Magdi Allam, a columnist and deputy editor of the Milan-based Corriere della Sera newspaper, was baptised publicly at Easter by Pope Benedict XVI.
He... |
4/24/2008
Thursday
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Senior judge says British family life is ‘in meltdown’
British Church Newspaper · by a correspondent · Viewed 400+ times
“Family breakdown ‘ a cancer’ behind almost every evil affecting the country”
A senior Family Division judge, Mr Justice Sir Paul Coleridge (58),... |
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“Halting mosques is about defending the UK’s Christian freedoms”
British Church Newspaper · 11 April 2008
Mrs. Alison Ruoff has spoken on halting new mosques in the United Kingdom to protect Christian freedoms. The former magistrate, member of General Synod of the Church of England... |
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At least 18,000 redundant churches and chapels
British Church Newspaper · 11 April 2008
At least 18,000 churches and chapels have been sold across England, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
Some are restaurants, community centres or nightclubs,... |
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Church in Wales rejects women bishops
British Church Newspaper · by our correspondent in Wales
Eleven years after the first women were ordained in the Church in Wales, just under a quarter of the clergy are women. To many within that church, the next logical step is to... |
4/8/2008
Tuesday
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Polish RC anti-Semitic radio loses EU funding
British Church Newspaper · 28 March 2008 · Viewed 100+ times
The head of Poland’s largest Roman Catholic radio station has condemned a decision by the country’s new government to block an application for a European Union grant to build a... |
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RC priest’s sentence for genocide increased from 15 years to life
British Church Newspaper · by a correspondent · Viewed 100+ times
A former Rwandan Roman Catholic priest, Athanase Seromba, has had his 15-year jail term for genocide increased to life in prison. He was found guilty of aiding and abetting... |
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RC rebel Hans Kueng feted on his 80th birthday
British Church Newspaper · 28 March 2008 · Viewed 100+ times
The Roman Catholic reform movement "We are Church" has eulogised the world-famous Swiss theologian, Hans Kueng, on his 80th birthday.
Kueng was official adviser to the Second... |
