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Spain elect Moderate Blázquez as New Head for Catholic Church
Spain has continued on its path of huge transformation since the Madrid bombings occurred a year ago. The latest news to rock conservative Christians is that a new moderate bishop has been chosen as head of the Spanish Roman Catholic Church...
St Paul's Cathedral to hold Multi-Faith Memorial Service in May
The Queen and the Prime Minister will both attend a special national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral in May, it was announced today. The service will be held in memory of all the British victims of the Asian-African tsunami...
UN Moves One Step Closer to a Total Ban on Cloning
An historical resolution was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. The 191-nation assembly has sought a total ban on all forms of human cloning by a vote of 84-34, with 37 abstentions...
Agencies Reach Out to Aid Tens of Thousands Cut Off in Afghanistan
After Afghanistan's worst winter weather in a decade led to the deaths of more than 500 people, tens of thousands have been cut off by heavy snowfall and are suffering from food shortages and outbreaks of disease...
Archbishop Williams rejects American Anglican Invitation
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Rowan Williams has reportedly rejected an invitation to attend a jointly held American and Canadian Anglican leaders meeting that was is scheduled for April, which has angered...
European Churches Discuss Effects of Globalisation
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) have hosted a major meeting to address the challenges of globalisation faced by churches and Christians in present day society. The 55 participants, coming from all regions...
Churches Stand Firm for Equal Rights on International Women's Day
8th March, marked International Women's Day. Churches, aid agencies and human rights activists joined the voice of all women across the world to fight for equality and protection. Yesterday, saw massive campaigns...
Ukraine Evangelicals See Great Hope in New President
The Ukraine has recently been reported as a country ready for huge Christian growth since a change in leadership took place four months ago, which has given renewed hope to evangelicals...
UK MPs Show Strong Backing for Make Poverty History Campaign
Make Poverty History, the anti-poverty campaign, has announced that more than half of UK members of Parliament have signed an Early Day Motion, which demands trade justice, debt cancellation and increased aid...
Westminster Cathedral Lectures Explore the Christian Roots of Europe
A series of lectures held every Wednesday evening at London's landmark Westminster Cathedral will aim to inspire UK Christians to re-live the Christian roots that have been set in Europes history...
Christian Aid Funds Aid Partners in India's Tsunami Relief Effort
Christian Aid has reported that they are supporting eleven long-standing partner organisations in India – providing them with emergency relief since the tsunami struck in the Indian Ocean in December 2004...
Botswana Christian Council Vice-President to Campaign Against Death Penalty
Reverend Kebinang Moenga, the vice president of the Botswana Christian Council (BCC) said that he intends to launch a massive campaign against capital punishment -- a practice he dubbed as a social evil...
Domestic Divisions Arise Within ECUSA
The dispute over the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA)'s decision to ordain an actively gay man as bishop has not yet formalised into a full-fledged Anglican division at an international scale, but it continues to shred the fragile fabric...
Vietnam Human Rights Deadline Approaches
U.S and Vietnamese officials are holding intensive talks ahead of next week's deadline to decide if Vietnam remains on the U.S. State Department's "worst-offender" list for religious violations...
Imprisoned Iranian Pastor may Face Death Penalty
Tehran, Iran - A military court in Iran has sentenced Christian pastor Hamid Pourmand to jail for three years and has ordered his immediate transfer to a group prison cell in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison...
Food Program Growth and Development in Aceh Province
The Tsunami Response Team of one of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world is targeting new camps and communities of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh Province...