The chief ecumenical official of the Russian Orthodox Church says “secularisation in disguise of democratisation” is leading Western nations toward totalitarianism. “This powerful energy today strives to finally break with Christianity, which controlled its totalitarian impulses during 17 centuries,” said Metropolitan Hilarion in an article quoted by a Russian news agency. “Eventually, it unconsciously strives Read more
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Many churches are up for sale
Friday, May 18th, 2012Church buildings are becoming a feature of the property market as church organisations cope with changes on a number of fronts. Many older churches are up for sale as congregations dwindle, populations shift, traditional designs prove unsuitable for the uses congregations want to put them to and ageing buildings require high maintenance and possible earthquake Read more
Muslim cabinet minister defends the place of Christianity in Britain
Friday, February 17th, 2012
A Muslim cabinet minister has defended the place of Christianity in Britain saying it is a vital part of British life and she warns of the dangers of eroding its importance. “You cannot extract Christian foundations from the evolution of our nations any more than you can erase the spires from our landscape,” she said. “I see Read more
Parliament’s prayer should go
Friday, September 30th, 2011The Christian prayer read in Parliament each day is out of date and should go, retiring Green Party MP Keith Locke says.
Read the article...Public blessings and prayers are bursting out all over
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Minsters of religion may not figure so prominently in civil ceremonies as they once did, but God, seems to be irrepressible. Public blessings and prayers are bursting out all over. In the USA, and worldwide there has been an extraordinary outpouring of prayer In his column Brian Rudman points out that God is getting in again via the Read more
France: Catholic churches converted into mosques
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there are now more practicing Muslims in the country than practicing Catholics, reports the human rights activist, moderate Muslim and expert investigative reporting group, the Hudson Institute. There are nearly 150 mosques now under construction in France, and by contrast only 20 Read more
More people seeking Church information
Friday, April 15th, 2011
The Church of England in the UK has a church locator website. It has seen a 28% increase in people seeking church information in the 12 months to April Peter Crumpler, Director of Communications for the Archbishops’ Council, said: “The increasing popularity of the site is one further indication of the trend for people to Read more
Combat secularisation together
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
A Jesuit priest has called for the establishment of a General Ecumenical Council to bring all Christian Churches together, and eventually all religions, in order to face together the challenge of the secularisation of society. Fr Michael MacGreil told the Irish Catholic that with the current state of religion in the world and the advance of Read more