A communist official in China has condemned the rapid growth of Christianity in the region as “excessive”, but has denied allegations of increased persecution. Officially an atheist state, the right to freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under Article 36 of the Chinese Constitution but protections are limited to those who worship within state-sanctioned bodies. […]
A couple is attempting to raise their one-year-old son as a boy and a girl in order to avoid ‘gender stereotyping’. Max Price is dressed in both male and female clothes and is encouraged to play with a range of toys including dolls, which he pretends to breast feed on occasions. His parents told the […]
The Anglican Archbishop of Kenya has delivered a challenging response to the statement by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in which they criticised legislation in Nigeria and Uganda prohibiting same-sex unions. The Most Rev’d Dr Eliud Wabukala said that the advice from the Archbishops to show more care towards homosexual people “cannot be separated […]
School nurseries are being encouraged to accept children as young as two, under a Government childcare drive. But one stay-at-home mum says Whitehall is “again ignoring the relationship that mothers have with very young children”. The Government is introducing legislation to make it easier for school nurseries to take in children under three. Increase Liz […]
Few meetings in Westminster start with a reading from scripture on “desires and love” and an announcement that the participants won’t be filmed or identified without their permission, but the Setting Love in Order conference wasn’t purely a political meeting.It was the first of two events run by two Christian campaign groups to protest against […]
Christianity is beginning “to disappear” in its own birthplace after 2,000 years because of a wave of “organised persecution” across the Middle East, the Prince of Wales has warned. In an impassioned intervention, he said that the world is in danger of losing something “irreplaceably precious” with communities tracing their history back to the time […]
A Chinese Christian pastor and 23 members of his congregation have been held at an unknown location illegally and without access to lawyers since mid-November. The case of Pastor Zhang Shaojie is evidence that in parts of China the violent suppression and unlawful arrests of the faithful by local government officials continues. China’s poor record […]
Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister has said he will consult on weakening the Province’s abortion laws to allow unborn babies with fatal abnormalities to be aborted. Unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only legal in Northern Ireland to save the life of a mother. Justice Minister David Ford told BBC Radio Ulster’s Nolan Show […]
Christianity is in danger of becoming extinct in its ancient homelands because of a rising tide of sectarian attacks, a senior minister will warn on Friday. Violence against Christian worshippers and other religious minorities by fanatics has become a “global crisis” and is the gravest challenge facing the world this century, Baroness Warsi will say. […]
An MP has told a parliamentary debate that the persecution of Christians today should be compared to the Kristallnacht attack on Jews instigated by the Nazis. Listing “a preponderance” of anti-Christian violence, including forced conversions on pain of death, kidnappings and attacks in Christian homes, churches and businesses, Fiona Bruce MP highlighted increasing reports of […]