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We are not descended from Adam and Eve – but still, Jesus was born to save usGiven the fact of human evolution, here is a good question for Christmas: if we last shared a common ancestor with the chimps about 5-6 million years ago, and humans...(more)
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The church will arrange for victims of clerical sex abuse in one diocese to meet with the bishop who was in charge when hundreds of abuse complaints were suppressed.
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I'd rather have a reminder of what I should be striving for than hear no message at allOK, OK. So wars, terrorism, sectarian strife, homophobia, child abuse, sexism, are all bad. I get it.Yes, be it Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, or many more, religion isn't having...(more)
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Rowan Williams says non-Muslim communities in Middle East want to know what uprisings will mean for themThe archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the Arab Spring could lead to increased hostility towards Christians in the Middle East, describing their position as "more vulnerable than it has...(more)
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Archbishop of Canterbury says reform bill must ensure women do not have to wait until 2025 to enter upper houseThe archbishop of Canterbury has pressed the case for fast-tracking women bishops into the House of Lords, asking a government committee for "discretion and flexibility" on the...(more)
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The PSNI's chief constable has told an Irish Catholic bishops' conference that he is confident of future work with "friends in the Catholic Church".
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Once a religious dimension has been added to a conflict, it's hard to take it away. The pope has rightly sought to defuse hostilitySince the papacy is not really a modern institution we should study its pronouncements as historians do, on the principle that whatever is...(more)
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Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as archbishop of Boston in 2002 amid a sex abuse scandal, has retired from his post at the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, the Vatican said.
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Events surrounding the plight of activists camped outside St Paul's has prompted much soul-searching from parishesAcross the parishes of England, the events swirling around St Paul's this last fortnight have provoked much soul-searching but surprisingly little disagreement for an institution that is used to internecine politicking...(more)
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Richard Williamson, who has previously denied existence of gas chambers during Holocaust, accuses Jews of killing JesusRelations between Jews and Catholics are under immense strain after a bishop made controversial remarks on his blog.Richard Williamson, who has previously denied the existence of gas chambers and the...(more)
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It is America's political, not religious, culture that calls for foreign enemies, and Catholicism played that role long before IslamAt the Values Voter Summit in Washington DC last weekend, leading members of the American religious right rallied around the notion that the US is a Christian...(more)
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The case of Robert Finn, a Catholic bishop who has been charged with covering up suspected child abuse, is the first of its kind in America A bishop has become the highest-ranking US Catholic official indicted on a charge of failing to protect children after he...(more)
