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Church of Scotland Presses Ahead with New Publishing Deal

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

The Church of Scotland has entered into negotiations with a major international publishing house to take over the operation of its own publishing arm, the St Andrew Press. Hymns Ancient and Modern al…


INTERVIEW – UK Archbishop Says Pope Not Fishing for Anglicans

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of the Catholics in England in Wales rejected accusations that Pope Benedict was fishing for converts and said "delicate and difficult" issues existed between his church …


Leprosy Mission Expresses Sorrow Over Untimely Death of National Director

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

The Leprosy Mission England and Wales (TLMEW) has expressed its sorrow over the sudden death of National Director Rupert Haydock. Mr Haydock, 52, was taken ill on the morning of Wednesday 1 September…




Immigrants’ Story At Villanova Show

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

"Arrival (Kings Cross St Pancras Station)," by John Duffin, in the show "The Quiet Men: London Irish Painters" at Villanova until Oct. 6.


Methodists Get Their First Woman Minister

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

A SCOTSWOMAN has become the first woman superintendent minister of the York South Circuit of the Methodist Church. The Rev Jennifer M McKenzie will be formally welcomed to the circuit at a specia…


Religious Leaders Dismiss ‘God Not Needed’ Comments

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

The Archbishop of Canterbury has dismissed the conclusion by Stephen Hawking, the retired Cambridge scientist, that the Big Bang was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and did not need God…


First St Jude’s Was ‘small Gem’ in Bowral

Posted Friday, September 3, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

PART ONEANGLICAN worship south of the Cowpastures first took place in a weatherboard chapel that opened at Sutton Forest in 1830 and then in the more imposing Christ Church at Bong Bong, dedicated in …


Greenbelt Festivalgoers Undaunted By Weather

Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

IT COULD be that rainbows are seen frequently over the racecourse at Cheltenham, signifying only that Crock of Gold is in with a chance in the 3.30. But when one appears over a Christian festival, it …


African Bishops Split Over Ambushed Agenda, But Together On Development

Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

AFRICANS must take their destiny into their own hands and address their own problems, bishops of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) declared at the end of their week-long conference ab…


Cancel Pakistans Debt Relief Plea

Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Anglican News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

WATER levels in Pakistan are be­ginning to recede, officials believe, although river levels are still dangerously high. The exceptionally heavy monsoon rains, which began a month ago in the north-…