6/7/2009
Sunday
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Warnings of Scots National Church Split Over Homosexuality
British Church Newspaper · by our Belfast correspondent · Viewed 800+ times
The rift within the Church of Scotland appears to have widened, with some Evangelicals within the Church warning of a potential split if the General Assembly approves the... |
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Church of Ireland Synod makes ecumenical history
British Church Newspaper · by our Belfast correspondent · Viewed 900+ times
According to a gleeful report in the latest edition of the Irish Catholic, the Church of Ireland has made ecumenical history - in more ways than one!
The Synod’s annual... |
5/13/2009
Wednesday
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East German ‘Protestant revolution’ remembered
British Church Newspaper · 8 May 2009 · Viewed 800+ times
Christians in eastern Germany have launched a campaign to mark the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution that overthrew communism.
The Ecumenical Assembly that gathered... |
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Pope prioritises Roman Catholic-Muslim relations on Middle East tour
British Church Newspaper · 8 May 2009 · Viewed 700+ times
Pope Benedict XVI will begin his trip to the Middle East and the Holy Land with nearly three full days in the Muslim-majority Kingdom of Jordan. He will meet with Muslim religious... |
5/2/2009
Saturday
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50,000 grassroots RCs demand urgent papal reforms
British Church Newspaper · 2 May 2009 · Viewed 800+ times
The liberal, international, Roman Catholic Movement We are Church has chosen the 4th anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict (April 19, 2005) to launch another... |
4/7/2009
Tuesday
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Vatican in crisis say Italian media and campaigners for reform
British Church Newspaper · 27 March 2009 · Viewed 500+ times
The governance structure of the Vatican needs to change as a result of weaknesses exposed by the controversy over the lifting of the excommunication of a prelate who had denied... |
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RC reform movement grumbles about the Pope
British Church Newspaper · 27 March 2009 · Viewed 400+ times
The large, liberal, international, Roman Catholic reform movement We are Church continues to criticise the Pope while denying that that is what it is doing.
We are... |
4/3/2009
Friday
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Pope made to seem ‘either ill educated or ill intentioned’
British Church Newspaper · 27 March 2009 · Viewed 500+ times
During Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cameroon on 18 March, he said that HIV and AIDS cannot be “resolved by distributing condoms; quite the contrary, we risk worsening the... |
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Pope announces new plenary indulgence
British Church Newspaper · 27 March 2009 · Viewed 500+ times
Pope Benedict XVI, has granted a “plenary indulgence” to believers who visit the Basilica of St Paul in Rome during the Pauline Year (June 2008-June 2009).
Five centuries ago,... |
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Protect Sunday as a special day, ecumenists tell EU
British Church Newspaper · 27 March 2009 · Viewed 600+ times
Europe’s Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches have urged the European Union to protect Sunday as a day of rest.
“Scientific research shows that Sunday is more closely... |
3/25/2009
Wednesday
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Half of Polish priests want end to celibacy
British Church Newspaper · 18 March 2009 · Viewed 500+ times
A survey has suggested that more than half the country’s priests wished to have wives and families.
It indicated that 54 percent of Polish priests favoured an end to celibacy... |
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Top EU ecumenists set their agenda for 2009
British Church Newspaper · 18 March 2009 · Viewed 500+ times
The joint working session of the two leading ecumenical bodies of the European Union have published their agreed agenda for 2009, including climate change, interfaith activities... |
3/22/2009
Sunday
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Rome celebrates Darwin who lost his faith
British Church Newspaper · 18 March 2009 · Viewed 600+ times
Scientists, philosophers and theologians met to discuss Darwin’s theory of evolution in relation to belief in divine creation at a five-day academic conference in Rome.
The... |
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Anglican bishop is a Buddhist
British Church Newspaper · 18 March 2009 · Viewed 700+ times
The one and only candidate to be the next Bishop of Northern Michigan, The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester, has received a Buddhist lay ordination.
He was elected on the first ballot... |
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Pope’s Visit to the UK is upgraded
British Church Newspaper · 18 March 2009 · Viewed 600+ times
If the Holy See intimates that a visit by the Pope to the UK is on, The Times has learned that it will be upgraded to a State visit and a formal invitation issued by the... |
