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- 10 March 2010 - web link
- Questions arise as 'most godless place' gets first saint
Australia - described in the 19th century by a Scottish church minister as "the most Godless place under heaven" - will get its first saint when Sister Mary MacKillop later in the year. But an Anglican bishop from Sydney has raised questions. ENI, 9 March 2010
- 10 March 2010 - web link
- Jos archbishop asks 'Where is government?'
Following the murder of more than 500 people in the latest shocking violence in the Jos area, we reproduce here in its entirety an open letter from the Rt Rev Benjamin Kwashi, Archbishop of Jos. He describes local peace moves and rails against lack of government action. CMS website, 9 March 2010
- 10 March 2010 - web link
- Father Hans Kung blames Catholic views on sex for clerical child abuse
A leading Roman Catholic theologian has linked clerical sex abuse with priestly celibacy, blaming the Churchs uptight views on sex for child abuse scandals in Germany, Ireland and the US. Ruth Gledhill. Times 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Bob Geldof anger at BBC over Band Aid allegations
Documentary on rebels siphoning cash sparks fury, with legal action threatened and sackings demanded. Sam Jones and James Robinson Guardian 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Archbishop visits Diocese of Guildford
In his address at Guildford Cathedral titled The Finality of Christ in a Pluralist World, the Archbishop spoke of defending the uniqueness and finality of Christ, and encountering the truth about God and humanity from a moral, political and philosophical perspective. Archbishop's website 3 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Archbishop of Canterbury condemns evangelist 'bullies'
Dr Rowan Williams said it was right to be suspicious of proselytism that involves "bullying, insensitive approaches" to other faiths. Ruth Gledhill Times. 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Is Britain broken?
A debate between Polly Toynbee, David Willetts and Camila Batmanghelidjh produced more light than heat. Andrew Brown. Guardian Comment is Free - 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Christian registrar denied leave to appeal gay wedding refusal
A Christian registrar who lost her job after she refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. By Martin Beckford, Telegraph, 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Violence in Nigeria: food not faith
Calling the killings in Jos sectarian is wrong. Resources, not religion, are the cause made worse by bad government.Peter Cunliffe-Jones Guardian Comment is free. 8 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Living proof of the Armenian genocide
The US wants to deny that Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 was genocide. But the evidence is there, in a hilltop orphanage near Beirut, reports Robert Fisk. Independent. 9 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- The British asylum system is still not fit for purpose
Deportation after many appeals is at least as cruel as summary refusal. Mary Dejevsky Independent 9 March 2010.
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Brian McLaren Proposes a 'New Kind of Christianity'
The Christian faith must be born again, says one prominent pastor.And to be born again, Christians must be unlocked from "a prison" of long-held assumptions and have the freedom to ask honest questions, Brian McLaren indicates in his newest book, A New Kind of Christianity. Christian Post 8 March 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- 500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields
Officials estimate that 500 people were massacred in night-time raids by rampaging Muslim gangs near the city of Jos.Dozens of bodies lined the dusty streets of three Christian villages in northern Nigeria yesterday. Jonathan Clayton and Ruth Glehill. March 8, 2010
- 09 March 2010 - web link
- Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali on HARDtalk
Stephen Sackur talks to Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester. Until recently he was one of the highest-profile serving bishops in the Church of England but abruptly relinquished his post in 2009. He remains a hugely influential conservative voice in the established church: within Britain he argues for the reaffirmation of society's Christian roots; beyond Britain he is committed to helping Christian minority communities in Muslim nations. BBC iPlayer 8 March 2010
- 08 March 2010 - web link
- Cape Town 2010 and the Lausanne Global Conversation
In October 2010, four hundred U.S. participants will be in Cape Town with some four thousand other participants from two hundred countries. Lausanne World Pulse, Masrch 2010
- 08 March 2010 - web link
- Scandals test credibility of German churches
Germanys Protestant and Catholic churches may be facing the biggest credibility crisis in decades after an unprecedented bout of scandal-fueled negative media coverage. By Anli Serfontein, ENI/RNS 3 March 2010
- 08 March 2010 - web link
- Pilgrims Progress
Many a child has found a Narnian lantern in her backyard or stumbled upon the Dead Marshes in an abandoned industrial waste stream. But nothing beats the Slough of Despond, the Wicket-gate, the Interpreter's House and the Delectable Mountains for those times when Evangelist catches me forgetting my directions. By Stephanie Paulsell, Christian Century, 8 Martch 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- Up to 300 feared dead in central Nigeria clashes
JOS, Nigeria, March 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's acting president on Sunday ordered the security forces to hunt down those behind clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers in which more than 300 people may have been killed. By Shuaibu Mohammed, Reuters, Alert.net, 7 March 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- New Vicar for St Mary's Islington
Simon Harvey, 47, is named to succeed Graham Kings. St Mary Islington website, 7 March 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- Joel Osteen: the new face of Christianity
Forget Billy Graham and Jimmy Swaggart - the most popular and influential pastor in the US is Joel Osteen. On the surface he is modest and quietly spoken, but his belief in the 'prosperity gospel' is changing the way people pray. Daniel Kalder, The Observer, Sunday 7 March 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- 'Now is our new creation,' Haiti bishop tells Episcopal Church
Bishop Jean Zach Duracin has written to the wider church saying that the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12 "was our baptism." Report of his letter. Episcopal Life 5 March 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- Simon Barnes: life with a son with Down's syndrome
My sons function is to be loved, and to love in return. Perhaps that is everyones real function. Simon Barnes. Times 6 March 2010
- 07 March 2010 - web link
- Harriet Harman could kill off 'gay marriages in church' plan
by Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2010
- 06 March 2010 - web link
- Vintage Obadiah Slope
Gleanings from an occasional contributor to Fulcrum Forum from Down Under. Eternity, March 2010
- 06 March 2010 - web link
- Why James Jones is Wrong
In his speech to Liverpool Diocesan Synod today, Bishop James Jones has argued that the Church should view the debate over human sexuality in the same way that in the past we have agreed to disagree over Just War. By Peter Ould, on Peter Ould Online, 5 March 2010
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