by Sean Reilly | Feb 9, 2008
An Anglican bishop will be expected to take equal opportunities training and faces costs estimated at £50,000 after a tribunal yesterday awarded a gay youth worker £47,000 compensation after ruling that he had been discriminated against. John Reaney, aged 42, from...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 9, 2008
As Dr Rowan Williams faced calls for his resignation last night over the row about his Sharia speech, Lambeth Palace issued a statement suggesting that recognition for Christianity in a secular state requires a multi-faith settlement. In a media release designed to...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Lambeth Palace was last night bracing itself for harsh morning headlines, after Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was widely interpreted as having called for the incorporation of Muslim Sharia law in or alongside the English legal system. The Archbishop’s...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
UK government plans to spend £100 million over the next five years helping poorer countries deal with the impact of global warming is a welcome acknowledgement of the “carbon debt” industrialised countries owe the developing world, says international...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 7, 2008
A group of leading scientifically and theologically qualified scholars has issued a clear rebuttal of the ‘intelligent design’ ideology that has gained ground among conservative religious believers, especially in the USA, in recent years. The International...
