Category - scotland

Scottish Catholic bishops say morality is going from the media

staff writers — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:10:39 +0100

In a message sent to all of Scotland's 500 Catholic parishes for the 42nd World Communications Day, Bishop Philip Tartaglia claims that "a fundamental disconnection between the provider and the consumer" has occurred in the media

Football benefactor brings Glasgow virgin into play

staff writers — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:17:29 +0000

The managing director of one of the world's most illustrious football clubs, Barcelona FC, has joined other Spanish philanthropists in donating a statue of the Black Madonna to St Aloysius' Roman Catholic Church in Glasgow.

Scottish pagan gathering spells worry for some Christians

staff writers — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:41:53 +0000

Some Christian groups in Scotland are anxious about druids, wiccans and other traditional religionists from across the UK gathering in a small north-east community this summer, reports the Scotsman newspaper.

Churches galvanise for public action on poverty and homelessness

staff writers — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:42:45 +0000

Church agencies in Britain will be combining efforts during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, from 26 January to 3 February, to highlight both the human face of inequality and the need to make it a public policy priority.

Alex Salmond launches Scottish inter-faith week

staff writers — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:13:02 +0000

Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond is this weekend launching a Scottish Inter-Faith Week, during which people from across the country are being invited to meet their neighbours and to build new friendships.

Independent commission hears about disgrace of asylum raids

staff writers — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:16:36 +0100

A national “citizens’ enquiry” into the UK asylum system, has heard evidence of trauma and unfair distress caused to asylum seekers and local communities by the use of 'dawn raids' to remove people from the country.

Scottish Christian Party tries to be 'so macho'

staff writers — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:39:11 +0100

As Labour and the Scottish Nationalists battle for control of Holyrood on 3 May, an extreme political party claiming to speak on behalf of Christians is comparing equalities legislation with Nazi anti-Semitism.

Scottish Catholic bishops launch election attack on government

staff writers — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:13:00 +0100

Furious at government policy on gay adoptions and other issues, Scotland's Catholic bishops have sent a letter round to churches with a thinly-veiled call for a anti-Labour vote in the the forthcoming elections.

Scotland's Christian political landscape

Simon Barrow — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:13:47 +0000

There's a good article on Christian political influence (and lack of it) in Scotland today, in the Herald newspaper.

Anglicans and Presbyterians encourage people to get hitched

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:12:11 +0000

Wedding fairs, guides and web advisers are the latest ways of trying to get more people to marry in church