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Monday, 17 January 2011 21:09
Spain: Mosque building spree - Churches forced to close
The city of Barcelona, widely known as a European Mecca of anti-clerical postmodernism, has agreed to build an official mega-mosque with a capacity for thousands of Muslim worshippers. The new structure would rival the massive Islamic…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:06
Bear the load together’ says Archbishop
‘The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas sermon to call on rich and poor alike to share in the hardships brought on by the financial crisis and cuts in public spending. Reflecting on the mutual…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:04
Legal system discriminates against Christians
The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, warned that the death of ‘religious literacy’ among those who made and administered the law had created an imbalance in the way in which those with faith…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:02
Human rights and Christian values
Christian assemblies in schools could be scrapped if campaigning atheists and teachers get their way. According to the National Secular Society, a legal requirement for pupils to take part in a daily act of collective worship…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:01
Education report debunks secular neutrality myth
Secularism isn’t a neutral force in education and it attempts to exclude faith from the classroom risk of anti-religious indoctrination, according to a new report by a professor of education. Prof Trevor Cooling’s report, entitled Doing…
Monday, 17 January 2011 20:56
Only half of Britons say UK is Christian
Only half of British adults are confident that Britain can now be described as ‘a Christian country’, according to research. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has written to David Cameron urging him to review…