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Vicar of Baghdad Warned Aid Agency Not to Go to Iraq
Canon Andrew White, vicar of Baghdad, has said he warned Christian Peacemakers Team not to go to Iraq, following the kidnapping of four of their aid workers, including one British professor...
Church of Scotland Backs Campaign to End HIV Discrimination
The Church of Scotland is backing a campaign by the National AIDS Trust which aims to raise awareness among employers that it will soon be illegal to discriminate against people living with HIV in the workplace...
Evangelicals Stand with Walker Family as Murder Trial Returns Guilty Verdict
The murder trial for the killing of Anthony Walker has resulted in a guilty verdict being given to two youths. Michael Barton, 17, and Paul Taylor, 20, were convicted of the racist killing yesterday...
CCPAS Expanding to Secular Child Protection
The Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) has launched new publications as part of its expansion into secular child protection. The manual Safeguarding Children and Young People and the Internet...
New Archbishop of York Calls for Return to Life-Changing Christianity
The new Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, the first black Archbishop, called on the Church of England to restore its focus to the life-changing power of Jesus...
“Jesus” Film to be Shown in Public Schools Across Europe
A children's version of the "Jesus" film is to be shown in schools across Europe as part of the religious education that schools must provide according to goverenment requirements...
Six European Countries Join to Declare Objection to EU Stem Cell Research Funding
Six European countries have joined together to declare their objection to the European Union’s highly controversial plans to fund stem cell research. On Monday, Malta’s Competitiveness Minister Censu Galea held...
Christians Express Sympathy for Kidnapped British Professor In Iraq
Christians have expressed their shock and sadness at the kidnapping of British Professor Norman Kember along with one American and two Canadians at the weekend in Baghdad...
Church of Scotland Helping to Put Scots Dialect Back into Sermons
The Church of Scotland has commissioned a working group to develop Scots versions of sermons, prayers and the Common Order. The move is a bid to reverse the downward trend in church attendance...
Hopes Raised at Sentamu’s Historic Inauguration as Archbishop of York
The Church of England today will celebrate the appointment of its first black archbishop at York Minister. The celebration is expected to include a wave of sounds and colour as John Sentamu is inaugurated...
Christians Called to Action for World AIDS Day
Christian organisations are calling on Christians worldwide to take action against HIV/AIDS as part of World AIDS Day this Thursday. World Vision, Christian Aid and the Christian Reformed World Relief...
Catholic Church Publicly Ordains 57 Priests in Vietnam
The Roman Catholic Church ordained the largest number of priests at one time in the history of communist Vietnam on Tuesday. The 57 new priests were ordained to service at...
Swedish Pastor Accused of Hate Crimes Not Guilty
Christian groups were grateful that a Pentecostal pastor in Sweden was found not guilty of hate speech charges stemming from 2003 comments he made for criticising homosexuality. Pastor Ake Green, who had denounced homosexuality...
Chinese Pastor Convicted of Bible Selling to Get Second Trial
Chinese Pastor Cai Zhouwa, who had been convicted of “illegal business operation” after he distributed Bibles to Christians in China will undergo a second trial, according to China Aid Association...
Mexican Evangelicals Worry as Authorities Attempt to Remove Bible Monument
Evangelicals in Mexico have expressed concern over the growing religious intolerance following an attempt by authorities to remove a monument to the Bible in Mexico's capital city. At the end of October...
Vatican Releases Public Instruction on Gay Clergy
The Vatican officially released its highly-anticipated document yesterday naming restrictions on gays in the clergy. The five-page document – Instruction – advising against sexually active gay clergy...
