Religion

An openly gay cleric has been blocked from becoming a Church of England bishop, it was reported today. The Very Rev Jeffrey John, who is the Dean of St Albans, was said to be on […] […]

VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document outlining the church’s procedures for handling clerical sex abuse cases that will gather the norms now in use and make them permanent and legally binding, a […] […]

FOR nearly 30 years it has been one of Italy’s most tantalising mysteries: what happened to Emanuela Orlandi? Why was her alleged kidnapper buried with honours among cardinals and saints? Magistrates investigating the disappearance of […] […]

PARIS—France’s hotly debated bill to ban burqa-style Islamic veils in public is going before parliament, with President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government casting the measure as a way to promote equality between the sexes and protect oppressed […] […]

By Sandrea:-  MY GRIPE Following reports that France is on the verge of banning the burka, I want to find out more about this garment. It is so easy for western society to talk about […] […]

BBC LONDON :- The French parliament is due to begin a debate to ban women from wearing full Islamic veils in public.  The legislation now in front of the lower house will make it illegal […] […]

ALL hope of preventing a schism in the Anglican Church will end if an openly gay cleric becomes the next Bishop of Southwark in Britain. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has allowed Jeffrey John’s […] […]

PREACHERS of Islamic extremism should be barred from Australia, a federal MP has said. Michael Johnson, a lower house independent, has also called for a debate on banning the burqa. He said Prime Minister Julia […] […]

MELBOURNE – Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart has issued an unreserved apology to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in a pastoral letter to be read out in every Mass in Melbourne this weekend. Archbishop […] […]

AN Iranian woman faces being stoned to death after being accused of committing adultery with two men involved in the killing of her husband. If the barbaric sentence is enforced it would be the first […] […]