by Al Webb | Oct 18, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) Scores of anti-corporate demonstrators invaded London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday (Oct. 16), but police who tried to stop them were told to leave by church officials. The protesters—who were targeting the global financial system as part of...
by Al Webb | Sep 28, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) British Christians are incensed after the state-funded BBC decided to jettison the terms B.C. and A.D. in favor of B.C.E. and C.E. in historical date references. The broadcaster has directed that the traditional B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini,...
by Al Webb | Sep 21, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) A group of 30 leading scientists, including a Nobel laureate and a prominent atheist professor, are pressing the British government to ban all teaching of creationism in the nation’s publicly funded schools. The scientists delivered a petition to the...
by Al Webb | Jul 13, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) A government-funded watchdog panel said British judges have erred in supporting employers who try to fire Christian workers for wearing crosses or refusing to offer sex counseling to gay couples. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said Monday...
by Al Webb | Jun 21, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) The Church of England has issued a set of “legal guidelines” that pave the way for openly gay clergy to become bishops—so long as they are and promise to remain celibate. Details of the internal report, entitled “Choosing Bishops,” were carried by...
