ARCHBISHOP VINCENT NICHOLS has joined Rowan Williams in criticising the impact of government cuts on the poorest people in society. In a letter to Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pension Secretary who is a practising Catholic, the Archbishop expressed concern that cuts in housing benefits could result in thousands of poor families being forced [...]
For the risotto olive oil, for frying 2 onions, sliced 400g/14oz arborio risotto rice splash white wine 1 litre/1¾ pint hot vegetable stock salt and freshly ground black pepper 200g/7oz fresh peas, blanched 200g/7oz asparagus, blanched 400g/14oz baby spinach 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil 75ml/2½fl oz double cream For the chicken oil, for frying salt [...]
Thirty-two year old UK athletics Phillips Idowu (who was born in 1978, in the London Borough of Hackney) feels that he is ready to do his best at the London Games next year. The British triple jumper has learned about his mistakes in past Olympics and Competitions and says his faith in God is going [...]
It is comparatively quick and easy to set up an event in an attempt to gather some new people into church. It is quite another thing to reconnect to a community, the greater part of which gets by just fine without reference to the church at all – so says Bishop Graham Cray, Archbishops’ Missioner [...]
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL is hosting a large exhibition of polychrome figures by the sculptor Sean Henry. Over 20 sculptures by this innovative artist can be seen positioned alongside the Cathedral’s earlier sculptures. The exhibition is a modern updating of the pre-Reformation tradition of displaying polychrome figures and is believed to be the biggest collection of such [...]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, along with music, art and IT, will not be included in the English Baccalaureate for 2011, the Department for Education has announced. Mindful of the 116 MPs who have signed an early day motion in the Commons and of the petition recently presented to Downing Street with over 130,000 signatures, the Department slipped [...]
“Why are we so nervous in this country to speak about Jesus?” asked Krish Kandiah, the Evangelical Alliance Executive Director of England/Churches in Mission, speaking at this year’s Keswick Convention. “It is very easy for Christians to retreat into a Christian ghetto, for fear. Many are afraid at the moment.” Persecution? Quoting the cases of [...]
The Bishop of Sodor and Man has pressed the Isle of Man to give precedence to freedom and democracy over banking profits in its relations with overseas governments. On 12 July Bishop Robert Paterson tabled a question before the Manx legislature, the Tynwald, urging Chief Minister Tony Brown to reconsider the double-taxation treaty signed with [...]
With a year to go until the 2012 Games the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is inviting the world to come to London next year for an amazing summer in the world’s best big city. During a spectacular ceremony, which will be broadcast live around the globe from Trafalgar Square in the heart of the [...]
New guidance for GPs on praying for patients has been released by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) – with backing from the General Medical Council (GMC) and one of the country’s leading doctors. The guidance quotes an official from the GMC suggesting that a ‘tactful’ offer to pray for patients could be appropriate: “Nothing in [...]
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