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Justin Welby: I broke down in tears at horror of Church child abuse
The Archbishop of Canterbury has told how he broke down in tears at learning of the horror of child abuse within the Church of England. The Most Rev Justin Welby said the details of sexual abuse dating...
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The real victims of bigotry: how opponents of gay marriage are being...
By Andrew Pierce, Mailonline. (NB: Andrew Pierce is a gay man in a civil partnership.) When the Bill to legalise gay marriage [not in Scotland] was debated by MPs, the then Tory Cabinet minister Maria...
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Church of England Commissioners buy Scottish land to become largest private...
The Church Commissioners for England have announced the purchase of a forestry portfolio from UPM Tilhill for £49 million. The purchase means the Commissioners are the largest private commercial...
View ArticleGo-ahead for major church credit union
↑ Interview with Canon Antony MacRow-Wood. Fair returns to savers, fair interest rates on loans and the aspiration to be a flagship credit union are among the aims of the Churches’ Mutual Credit Union...
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Meet Libby Lane – the first interview with the first woman bishop
Why is Libby Lane the first woman bishop appointed by the Church of England? She was one of the first to be ordained as a vicar 20 years ago when the Church approved women priests, and today she was...
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Northern Ireland ban on buying sex ‘may drive trafficking to Scotland’
A ban on paying for sex in Northern Ireland could drive parts of the trade to Scotland, MSPs have been told. Northern Ireland recently became the first part of the UK to make buying sex a criminal...
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Abortions count for 27 per cent of all deaths in England and Wales
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 506,790 recorded deaths in England and Wales in 2013 – the most recent year for which figures are available. These,...
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Irish Presbyterians in Scottish gay ministers boycott
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has delivered a resounding snub to its Scottish brethren by boycotting their Assembly in protest over a controversial gay clergy vote. The Scottish Church [sic] voted...
View ArticleSound of prayer returns to Holy Island church after 1000 years
The sound of prayer returned to an island church after more than 1,000 years of silence, reports Chronicle Live in Newcastle. A community archaeology project on Holy Island, off Northumberland, has...
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The Islamization of Britain in 2017
The Muslim population of Britain surpassed 4.1 million in 2017 to become around 6.3% of the overall population of 64 million, according to a recent study on the growth of the Muslim population in...
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