by Sean Reilly | Jan 2, 2008
As Britain gets into gear for the new year after an extended holiday season which often includes an excess of food and drink, a church that played a major part in the temperance movement has called on the government to rethink licensing laws. Ms Anthea Cox, Methodist...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 2, 2008
The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has voiced disappointment in the conduct of Kenya’s electoral commission following President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed election victory – and has called for restraint. The agency, which has worked in...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 2, 2008
The Church of Scotland has resolutely rejected the ‘war on terror’ language being used in some political quarters in discussions about the future of Pakistan following the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto. Other churches and church related...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 1, 2008
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the spiritual leader of the Roman catholic Church in England and Wales, has used his New Year message to stress the importance of marriage and what are thought of as “traditional family values”. He claimed that most...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 31, 2007
In a message that will be shown on BBC2 at 20.30 GMT this evening and again on BBC1 at noon on New Year’s Day, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams warms Britain that a throwaway society risks creating throwaway people. Dr Rowan Williams, who is also...
