by Sean Reilly | Jun 21, 2008
News that child poverty rates in the UK are still rising has come at just the wrong time says the chief executive of a leading Christian children’s charity. “According to government statistics released this month, two out of five families in the lowest income...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 21, 2008
A paper published today suggests that under the laws of the Church of England clergy have far greater liberty in relationship to services following civil partnerships than has previously been thought. It comes after a “marriage” of two gay priests, who...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 21, 2008
Gay Catholics from all over the country will be parading behind a ‘Proudly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered & Proudly Catholic’ banner in the impending Pride London Parade. In excess of 500,000 people are expected at the event in two weeks...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 21, 2008
As the flooding in the Midwest of the US continues to spread, Christian relief agency World Vision is dispatching truckloads of emergency supplies to Iowa and sending a staff team to assess the needs of affected families. “World Vision will be providing basic...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 20, 2008
The role of the church as an agent of public welfare or a custodian of charitable projects is much in the news at the moment. In this article, adapted from a recent address, I return to the foundational calling of the church as an agent of a much larger hope –...
