by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Pressures from several directions are putting the disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda, say reports following the General Synod and concerns about the long term impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sharia speech. A survey of the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
“There is no dispute about our common allegiance to the law of the land” Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod of the Church of England – and a watching world on TV and the internet – this afternoon, following the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has privately asked Archbishop Rowan Williams to clarify the precise import of his remarks about the social and legal codes of Sharia and the English civil law system, those close to No 10 Downing Street say. Dr Rowan Williams is doing so...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 27, 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned to the country to challenge the Pervez Musharraf regime, has been assassinated in a suicide attack which has killed 20 others and injured several more. Shock, mourning, anger and rioting have been...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 18, 2007
You can buy Christian Aid gifts and support Present Aid online here. International development agency Christian Aid has accused the British government of short-sightedness after the world’s first Climate Change Bill was published containing targets widely condemned as...