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Theologian: Church View Of Family Life Is ‘fantasy’
BY MARK GREAVES A CATHOLIC theologian has criticised Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching on the family by citing the case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian rapist who fathered seven......
Christian Doctors To Boycott Consultation On Assisted...
BY SIMON CALDWELL THOUSANDS OF Christian doctors have boycotted a public consultation on assisted suicide. The Christian Medical Fellowship – which represents 4,500 doctors in......
News Bulletin
Cardinal Arinze to celebrate Midnight Mass in London CARDINAL Francis Arinze will celebrate Midnight Mass in a north London church. The curial cardinal, who was the prefect of......
Children Ignorant Of Our Father
THOUSANDS of children are leaving primary school ignorant of the Lord’s Prayer, research suggests. More than 25 per cent of English primaries do not teach the prayer at all,......
Deep-fried Bible Angers Church
THE AUCTIONING of a 200year-old Bible, fried in “chip shop batter”, has drawn protests from church leaders. The Bible was sold at the McLellan Galleries, which are funded by......
Report Shows New Bigotry
A NEW REPORT says Christians in Britain are being sidelined simply for expressing their religious beliefs. Marginalising Christians , published by The Christian Institute,......
Cardinal Given New Interfaith Role
RETIRED ARCHBISHOP of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has been appoints a vice-president of the Council of Christians and Jews. He will be one of seven new......
Women Contest Abortion Ban At European Court
BY ANNA ARCO THREE Irish women are contesting the Irish abortion ban in the European court of human rights, claiming that it violates the rights of pregnant women. The women,......
Year Of Events To Commemorate Life Of Welsh Martyr
BY BRIGITTE ISTIM A YEAR of celebration of the life of St John Roberts has been launched at a bilingual mass at the Church of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Dolgellau, Wales. More......