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31 Jan 2012

Kirk wants MPs to support Welfare Reform Bill amendments

The Church of Scotland has joined leading charities, faith groups and trade unions in urging Scottish MPs to uphold the Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill.
8 May 2011

Theologian Kung says only radical reforms can save the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is seriously, possibly terminally ill and only an honest diagnosis and radical therapy will cure it, says a leading theologian.
9 Nov 2010

Major US academic project will examine religious and secular tensions

The University of Notre Dame in the USA is inaugurating a major cross-cultural research project on 'contending modernities', religious and secular.
6 Oct 2010

80 per cent of Britons say Catholic church has done too little for victims of sexual abuse

Many Britons believe that the apology by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Britain was sincere, but the Church has not done enough to help victims
19 Jun 2009

Polish Catholic activists annoyed about Madonna concert

Some Catholics in Poland have formed a protest committee in a bid to stop a concert in Warsaw by Madonna on the Feast of the Assumption. But not all see it as a problem.
17 May 2009

Obama wins standing ovation for openness plea at Notre Dame

After hardline Catholics had sought to prevent Notre Dame University from inviting President Barack Obama to give a commencement address, his call for people of divergent convictions to find common ground in reason and faith was warmly received.
30 Mar 2009

Notre Dame refusing to be bullied by anti-Obama campaigners

Catholic university president Fr John Jenkins and officials at Notre Dame are standing firmly behind their decision to invite President Obama to deliver their commencement address in May.
26 Mar 2009

US Catholic university under attack over Obama invitation

Hardline lobbyists in the USA have launched a campaign to try to stop one of the country's leading Catholic universities from having President Barack Obama as a campus speaker.
17 Feb 2009

Controversial Austrian priest steps down from bishop role

A controversial Austrian priest has agreed that Pope Benedict should revoke his appointment as a bishop in Austria, after his promotion led to a storm of protests because of his extreme views.
30 Jan 2009

Catholic bishop says BBC and Sky should show compassion

Bishop William Kenney, part of a delegation of Catholic bishops from Europe and North America who visited Israel-Palestine this month, has expressed regret at the BBC's refusal to show a charity appeal for Gaza.

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