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Category - Liverpool

22 Jan 2013

Cuts hitting poor show 'a sickness at the heart of our society', says Dean

Spending cuts hitting the poorest in areas like North East England are “a profound sickness at the heart of our society,” a senior church leader says.
20 Jan 2013

Bishop of Liverpool challenges 'unfair' government cuts

The Anglican Bishop of Liverpool is asking the government to review and re-examine the criteria upon which their current public spending cuts are based.
16 Sep 2012

Hillsborough: the long injustice of stereotype

Our minds tend towards the creation of categories. The capacity to classify and order is the engine of learning and enquiry. When permitted to go unexamined, it may also be the source of prejudice and injustice.
16 Apr 2009

Minister backs enquiry as thousands remember Hillsborough tragedy

Thousands of people took part in a united memorial service on Merseyside yesterday, remembering 96 Liverpool football fans killed 20 years ago in the Hillsborough tragedy.
17 Feb 2008

Giving up Establishment for Lent

The natural presumption of Establishment insulates the Church of England, says Simon Barrow. Even worse, it takes the opposite direction to Jesus, who rejected worldly power in the Temptation that Christians recall during Lent.
14 Feb 2008

Evangelical bishops differ on sexuality

Two evangelical Anglican bishops have come out with contrasting statements on homosexuality recently, points out Mark Vernon. One recognises that the issue is about love, the other sees only rules, it seems.
7 Feb 2008

Leading Evangelical bishop calls for fresh approach to sexuality row

Bishop of Liverpool James Jones has called for a change of heart among Evangelicals in the bitter argument about sexuality, Scripture and authority. But he has not fully sanctioned same-sex relations, as some media reports have suggested.
12 Jan 2008

Williams recognises Liverpool's city of culture achievement

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will honour Liverpool's achievement in taking on the mantle of European City of Culture by making a two-day pastoral visit to the Diocese and people of the area later in January.
26 Oct 2007

City council pulls arms investments out of pension fund

In a significant demonstration of growing opposition to Britain's involvment in the arms trade, Liverpool City Council has voted unanimously in favour of pulling its pension fund out of arms investments.

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