by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has attended a meeting of the Clergy Consultation – a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex clergy and their partners. Dr Williams yesterday (29 November 2007) presided and preached at a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
The Christian service agency Faithworks, which contracts with government and has some 20,000 community and church partners across the country, has given a critical response to a new report challenging the contribution religious groups make to public service provision....
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
The main Scottish denominations are launching a £500,000 appeal to transform Scottish Churches House in Dunblane – which has a long tradition of radical thinking and outward social engagement – into a modern conference and hospitality centre to be at the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
As schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons’ lawyers prepare an appeal against a 15-day jail sentence imposed in Sudan over the naming of a teddy bear, Muslims in Britain have joined in condemning the decision and calling for clemency. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
Thirty national arms control, religious, and environmental organizations in the US joined together yesterday to urge a block on funding for a new generation of nuclear weapons. Senator Byron Dorgan and Representative Pete Visclosky, chairs of the committees that...
