by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Christian-Muslim relations and the rights of the minority Christian community are among the likely discussion points when Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah next week – after his controversial UK state visit. The meeting will be the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London. Ms Booth, who is married to...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
The US United Methodist Church’s legislative body has upheld a bishop’s decision that a pastor who changed gender from female to male remains eligible to serve the church, in a move welcomed by those supporting transgender persons. In combining two...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, who is head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the 77 million Anglican Communion, yesterday (31 October 2007) held talks in Jerusalem with Israel’s Chief Rabbis. The Archbishop, who was accompanied by...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
The heated row over abortion continued last night after an official report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (S&TC), released yesterday, said there was no scientific justification for calls to lower the 24-week limit for terminations. But...
