More than 6,500 Church of England parishes now provide special services for elderly people, schoolchildren, parents and new immigrants, a study by the Church Urban Fund shows. And eight out of 10 reported that individual parishioners give up their spare time to provide informal help to people struggling with issues such as isolation, family breakdown, […]
Religious people should be able to publicly practise their faith because people who “do God, do good”, a Government minister will say. Baroness Warsi’s comments come as new research shows that church-goers alone are providing almost 100 million hours of unpaid volunteer work on social projects a year. The research also showed that donations from […]
The next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church will be Rev Rob Craig, minister of Kilfennan Presbyterian Church, Londonderry. Dr Craig, 58, was nominated by 17 out of the 19 presbyteries which met on 12th February throughout Ireland. He will take up office on 3 June in succession to Dr Roy Patton who will continue as Moderator […]
On Monday (4th February) BBC’s Panorama aired a show on “the great abortion divide” between Northern Ireland and the UK. The programme, presented by Victoria Derbyshire, considered in part whether doctors in the UK were “bending the law” to offer abortion to women on demand. Illegal In the UK, abortion is illegal under the Abortion Act […]
Over half of Conservative peers are expected to vote against the government’s same-sex ‘marriage’ Bill when it reaches the House of Lords, the Telegraph has reported. It is also believed that dozens of Labour, Liberal Democrat and crossbench peers will vote against the Bill, potentially blocking the government’s plans to introduce same-sex ‘marriages’ by next […]
MPs who oppose the redefinition of marriage have said the battle against the Bill is far from over. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will now be considered by a committee of MPs, before a likely showdown in the House of Lords. David Burrowes MP led opposition to the Bill in the Commons and is expected to […]