by Sean Reilly | Jan 10, 2008
The Prime Minister’s office has said that it will consult Britain’s churches over the scrapping of the country’s blasphemy laws, after the principled need to do so was strengthened by a tabled amendment in the House of Commons. Downing Street’s...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 10, 2008
The Anglican Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Dr Tom Butler, has encouraged Christians to give serious thought to the responsibility to donate their organs to others upon their death. Medical professionals say that it is necessary to continue to remind people about the...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 10, 2008
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has called upon all Kenyan political leaders to keep moving towards dialogue while praising the countries’ churches for their role in peacemaking. “While the situation continues to...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 9, 2008
Charges of ‘double standards’ have been levelled at evangelical aid agency Tearfund and its President, theologian and Thought for the Day broadcaster Elaine Storkey, over alleged religious discrimination. The Tearfund president hit the headlines this week,...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 9, 2008
A British Airways worker has lost her case for religious discrimination over wearing a gold jewellery cross to work. It is the latest in a spate of recent cases where Christians have claimed to be discriminated against, and courts have subsequently ruled that they...
