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    Monday
    Apr012013

    Three-year campaign succeeds: Religious Easter eggs to be sold in most British supermarkets

    (Staff) ALL BUT ONE of the major supermarket chains in Britain will be selling a religious Easter egg this spring – the only one to mention Jesus on its packaging – thanks to a three-year campaign lead by Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops.

    The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, voiced alarm in his Easter sermon in 2010 after

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    Monday
    Apr012013

    Canterbury appoints Director of Reconciliation: Deep or irreconcilable differences?

    Canon David Porter (Photo: Coventry Cathedral)

    (Staff) THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has appointed Canon David Porter to his personal staff as Director for Reconciliation, a new position. But critics wonder if the true meaning of Christian reconciliation is being misunderstood.  
    Porter’s initial focus will be on “supporting creative ways for renewing conversations and relationships around deeply held differences within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.”
    “David brings a wealth of experience

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    Monday
    Apr012013

    Religious Freedom in the Workplace: British Airways employee vindicated

    Nadia Eweida
    (Photo: www.globalpost.com)

    By Amaris Cole

    THE EUROPEAN COURT of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the British Airways worker who was disciplined for wearing a cross, but upheld the original verdicts against three other Christians.
    Nadia Eweida, 60, received confirmation by judges Jan. 15th that she had suffered discrimination at work over her religious beliefs, a violation under

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    Thursday
    Feb142013

    Popular BBC series based on true stories: Call the Midwife a Spiritual Adventure

    By Sue Careless

    HOW REFRESHING to find a television series that does not sentimentalize, mock or veterinarians demonize people who are motivated by their Christian faith. The smash BBC hit Call the Midwife portrays four Anglican nuns as four distinct and sympathetic characters, as varied and engaging as the four lay midwives who live and work alongside them. The religious order is seen through the eyes

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    Thursday
    Feb142013

    C of E to allow celibate gay bishops 

    Church of Nigeria threatens break with English church  

    (Staff) ARCHBISHOP Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria said the bishops of his church had agreed to break with the Church of England should the English bishops’ recent ruling on openly gay clergy being eligible for the episcopate be implemented.

    The House of Bishops of the Church of England decided quietly in mid-December that homosexual clergy in civil partnerships can become bishops so long as they remain sexually abstinent. The decision only became public knowledge

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