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Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:38
New mayor bans Christian prayers
Christian prayers have been dropped from the beginning of council meetings by the new mayor of Bridport in Dorset. David Rickard has decided to replace the prayers at full meetings of Bridport Town Council with a…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:37
Trevor Phillips wades into debate on religion
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has made a wide-ranging intervention into the growing debate on the place of religion in modern society. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph before the…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:35
A celebration to mark 200 years of Church Schools
The Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration held at York Minster last week was a special service to celebrate 200 years of Church schools led by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu . The Christian Churches…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:33
Church schools under threat, warns Bishop of Oxford
The Church is in danger of being driven out of public education by Government reforms and a generation of teachers ignorant of even the basic tenets of Christianity, a senior cleric has warned. A rush to…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:31
Archbishop: ‘Anxious time’ for Christians across Middle East
Christians risk falling victim to extremist elements in the wake of the Arab Spring, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Speaking to the BBC this week, Dr Rowan Williams warned of a ‘very anxious time’ ahead…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:30
Belfast: a familiar pattern continues
Violence at the Lower Newtownards Road interface is a recurring theme in the history of sectarian trouble in Northern Ireland. On the cusp of east Belfast, the nationalist enclave of Short Strand sits beside estates and…