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Archbishop urges hospitals to adopt 'culture of compassion'
Sunday 14 February 2010
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales criticised the NHS for treating some patients with a lack of compassion.
Leading article: The ignored gospel message
Friday 12 February 2010
Lord what fools these mortals be. It is difficult for an outsider to look upon the febrile maunderings of the General Synod of the Church of England without a sense of bewilderment and mild irritation. The body which is the parliament of the nation's established church is, all things considered, a pretty poor advertisement for the message of good news which its founder set out to bring humanity.
Assisted suicide is 'morally wrong' warns Archbishop of Canterbury
Tuesday 09 February 2010
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned this afternoon against any attempt to relax the laws on assisted suicide and called on the Government to resist making it easier for terminally ill Britons to help each other die.
E Jane Dickson: If I were the Pope, I wouldn't quote Aristotle
Saturday 06 February 2010
Clearly St Thomas Aquinas doesn’t leave a lot of wriggle room for gay sex
FW de Klerk: The day I ended apartheid
Tuesday 02 February 2010
Twenty years ago today, FW de Klerk addressed South Africa's Parliament – and stunned the world. Ivan Fallon reveals the extraordinary story behind apartheid's end
48 Hours In: Cape Town
Saturday 30 January 2010
With Table Mountain providing a spectacular backdrop, Harriet O'Brien soaks up the culture and glamour of South Africa's coastal gem before it gets swamped by football fever
Peers defeat Government on church gay ban
Monday 25 January 2010
Peers tonight defeated the Government on plans that churches argued would restrict their ability to deny jobs to gay people and transsexuals.
Joan Smith: Lord Carey's nostalgia for a country that never existed
Thursday 07 January 2010
Those fearful of population growth should call for more birth control
Pro-Mugabe bishop locks out faithful
Tuesday 05 January 2010
Anglicans forced to pray in the street as Zimbabwe cleric refuses to accept sacking
More Irish bishops quit over abuse scandal
Friday 25 December 2009
Catholics across Ireland were attending Christmas Day Mass today as two more bishops resigned in the wake of a devastating clerical child abuse inquiry.
Archbishop condemns Ugandan anti-gay debate
Thursday 24 December 2009
The Archbishop of York spoke out today against anti-homosexual laws being debated in Uganda.
Gordon Brown: Small number of countries held Copenhagen talks to ransom
Monday 21 December 2009
Efforts to secure a legally-binding climate change deal failed last week because talks were "held to ransom" by a small number of countries, Gordon Brown said today.
Johann Hari: It's the protesters who offer the best hope for our planet
Wednesday 16 December 2009
They've ensured the corporate lobbyists punching holes in the deal are shamed
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Christians shouldn't be blaming others
Monday 14 December 2009
It's not PC enforcers who are guilty of neglecting to keep up the spirit of Christmas
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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