by Sean Reilly | Jul 5, 2008
The Rt Rev Dr Tom Wright, a leading Evangelical Anglican bishop in the Church of England has said that the tactics of a new factional network within Anglicanism amount to “bullying”. Speaking on the BBC’s World at One news programme, the Bishop of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 4, 2008
Echoing remarks made early this year by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has said that there is no conflict between Sharia principles for conflict resolution and common law in England and Wales. In a...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 4, 2008
After “what can be described as a façade election”, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has called for the protection of the Zimbabwe population “against increased and continued violence”, an “intensified international monitoring of the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 4, 2008
Supporters of broad-based and inclusive publicly-funded schools have expressed disappointment at a high court judgment issued yesterday, which examines for the first time the legality of faith school admissions, but fails to consider seriously the possibility of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 4, 2008
World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has expressed “joy” at the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages in Colombia. Welcoming the liberation “as an important step in a yet uncompleted process”, Kobia...
