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Fleet Street church handing out cash

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:43:00 +0100

The church has come up with an unusual way to raise funds.

One in four children don't know the meaning of Easter

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:00 +0100

New survey reveals the lack of young people's religious knowledge.

Rochdale council apologises to child victims of sexual exploitation

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:00 +0100

A report's revealed a number of failures which allowed paedophiles to exploit young girls.

Report reveals the effect of pornography on children

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:00 +0100

Exposure to explicit images is linked to a rise in sexual aggression.

Archbishop of Canterbury 'horrified' at soldier's murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:00 +0100

Most Revd Justin Welby was speaking at a joint news conference in Leicester with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra of the Muslim Council of Britain.

The leaders called on "all our communities - Muslim and non-Muslim - to come together in solidarity to ensure the forces of hatred do not prevail."

Drummer Lee Rigby's family paid tribute to the young father describing him as a lovely man and said he will always be their hero.

Bishop of Woolwich calls murder of soldier 'barbaric cruelty'

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:00 +0100

Ministry of Defence names soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London.

Tributes flood in for Dean of Ripon Cathedral

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:00 +0100

Very Revd Keith Jukes told his congregations on Sunday he'd been suffering with cancer.

Women bishops at least two years away

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:00 +0100

The Working Group on Women in the Episcopate - which was set up last year - has come up with four different options for the General Synod to consider.

Churches offer shelter after tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:00 +0100

Rescue workers are combing the ruins left by the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday.

Anti-gay marriage campaigners vow to fight on

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:00 +0100

The controversial Bill easily secured its third reading - but 130 of David Cameron's own MPs opposed the change.

Iranian pastor arrested by security forces

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:00 +0100

Anti-persecution charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide believe Revd Robert Asserian was taken by authorities to an undisclosed location on Tuesday morning.

Gay ministers vote labelled 'a mess'

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:38:00 +0100

The Church of Scotland has voted to allow congregations to accept gay ministers.

President Obama: Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:21:00 +0100

President Obama addresses the American people in the wake of devastating tornado after earlier declaring the area a major disaster.

Debate on gay clergy in the Church of Scotland begins

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:00 +0100

The issue is set to be discussed at the General Assembly four years after the Kirk appointed the first openly gay minister.

Two Coventry Cathedral workers to live in a cage for a week

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:00 +0100

Jimmy Lawrence and Marlon McLaughlin are highlighting issues of freedom and how often people in the free world can be caged in by the pressures they place upon themselves.

Gay marriage on course to survive through Commons

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:00 +0100

Gay marriage Bill survives crucial House of Commons vote after government gets support from Labour MPs.