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29 Jul 2008

UK government grants asylum to Nigerian gay Christian activist

Davis MacIyalla, director of the lesbian and gay rights group Changing Attitude Nigeria, has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. Mr Davis has been subject to a range of attacks and death threats for his Christian work.
27 Jul 2008

Lutherans welcome Church of England women bishops

The Lutheran World Federation has welcomed the decision by the Church of England to consecrate women as bishops, for its potential to enrich church life and in particular “for its immediate consequences in ecumenical relations”.
26 Jul 2008

Williams seeks to damp down Lambeth Catholic controversy

Following comments from a cardinal that have caused controversy, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has welcomed the presence of a delegation from the Roman Catholic Church at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.
25 Jul 2008

Lambeth attendees invited to discover Christ in human rights

One of its centres of attraction in the Lambeth Conference marketplace has been the stall "Seeing Christ in Human Rights", which shows gay Christians and the Gospel in a different light.
24 Jul 2008

Williams says world has "genuine opportunity" to end extreme poverty

Dr Rowan Williams, spiritual head of the world's 78 million Anglicans, today called on wealthy governments to fulfil their promises on aid, trade and development or see the world's poor continue to suffer disease, starvation and death.
24 Jul 2008

Desmond Tutu backs UK call for tough action on climate change

In a video message for the World Development Movement (WDM), Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has backed calls for the British government and its citizens to take tough action on climate change.
24 Jul 2008

Division harms Christian credibility, Anglicans are warned

Cardinal Ivan Dias has told Anglican bishops that division hinders the reception of the Gospel message in a sceptical world. US evangelical Brian McLaren has called for a culture shift in Christianity.
24 Jul 2008

Bishops join London march to highlight action on world poverty

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will today lead a high-profile march through London to highlight the need for governments to take firm action on the eradication of poverty worldwide.
23 Jul 2008

Christians hope to feed our appetite for climate change action

Christians from several campaigning groups will come together to run a cafe as part of Climate Camp 2008 outside Kingsnorth Power station in Kent in August, helping to keep it fed and watered.
23 Jul 2008

Modern pilgrims invited to walk with Wesley in Wales

Modern-day pilgrims are being invited to celebrate the founder of Methodism by walking John Wesley's Way from Welshpool to Llanidloes, participating in street theatre and raising money for good causes.

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14 Jul 2014

Emails show UK Government is keeping renditions evidence from Parliament

UK Foreign Office documents concerning the use of British territory by CIA 'rendition' flights show that ministers have been keeping key evidence in their posession from MPs, it has emerged.
13 Jul 2014

Fred Kite is dead: long live cooperation and solidarity

The hundreds of thousands of public sector workers who joined marches, pickets lines and rallies across England and Wales on 10 July have cast into sharp relief the attitudes of those who would divide us, those who cannot see past their own narrow interests and those who have – to varying degrees – an awareness of the qualities of interrelation, solidarity and the common good which are integral to the civilised functioning of complex modern societies.
13 Jul 2014

Lethal proposal for people with depression unable to work

People in the UK unable to work because of depression may have their benefits stopped if they do not undergo cognitive behavioural therapy, which it is assumed will cure them, a newspaper has reported. If this plan goes ahead, sizeable numbers of mentally ill people are likely to die.
11 Jul 2014

Giveaway sale as public services struggle to cope

Low share prices when the UK government privatised Royal Mail cost the taxpayer around £1 billion, a parliamentary committee has reported. Meanwhile the National Health Service and social services are in financial crisis.
11 Jul 2014

Christian Aid calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire

Christian Aid says it is appalled at the spiralling levels of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and has called for an immediate ceasefire
11 Jul 2014

Campaigners call on UK government to end military ties with Israel

Campaigners are calling for the UK to end its military ties with Israel.