by Al Webb | Sep 9, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled this month (Sept. 16-19) to pay the first papal visit to Britain in 28 years, but the host nation seems less than enthusiastic about it, according to a pair of public opinion polls. One survey, by the Ipsos MORI pollsters...
by Al Webb | Sep 8, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) An Anglican vicar has been sentenced to four years in prison for conducting hundreds of fake marriages as part of a fraud helping illegal immigrants set up permanent homes in Britain. The Rev. Alex Brown was convicted of carrying out some 360 sham...
by Al Webb | Sep 6, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has flatly dismissed famed scientist Stephen Hawking’s claim that gravity, not God, was responsible for creating the universe. Hawking, a retired professor at England’s Cambridge University and best-selling author,...
by Al Webb | Aug 23, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) A Roman Catholic adoption agency has lost its fight for the right to continue its policy of refusing to place children with same-sex couples based on religious principles. The agency, Catholic Care, saw its battle to limit its adoption services to...
by Al Webb | Aug 6, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) A top priest at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, where Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married in 1981, says fancy, multi-million-dollar weddings are now posing a threat to marriage itself. The Rev. Giles Fraser told BBC Radio’s...
