Cliff Richard sticks up for gay relationships

Leading evangelical Christian celebrity Sir Cliff Richard, who is now aged 67, thinks the church should be supportive of committed gay relationships and says he is sick of intrusive speculation about his own sexuality. In his new autobiography, titled My Life, My Way,...

Outrage at free speech clamp on Pope’s Australia visit

Civil libertarians are infuriated at special regulations coming into force for the upcoming Catholic World Youth Day event in Sydney, Australia, where Pope Benedict XVI will be the guest of honour. Legal experts say that restrictions will effectively make it illegal...

Calendar makes Advent a time to remember AIDS struggle

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, evangelical leaders Rick and Kay Warren and the Rev Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican priest to openly say he is HIV-positive, are contributors to a new Advent Calendar focussing on the HIV-AIDS struggle. The daily devotional...