The Westminster Chaplain for Sport has urged UEFA to “ratchet up” sanctions against clubs if their supporters continue to misbehave and spout racial abuse. The call comes as anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out claimed the governing body of European football “missed an opportunity” to get tough on racism after it ordered Bulgaria to play their […]
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World-famous atheist Richard Dawkins has admitted that a world without religion and God would lead to moral decline. Dawkins recently told The Times that he feared abolishing religion would be bad for society as it would “give people a licence to do really bad things”. “People may feel free to do bad things because they […]
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Funding has been announced to help councils find alternative polling station venues for the December elections to avoid schools having to cancel their Christmas events. Education secretary Gavin Williamson has written to returning officers asking them to keep disruption to school activities ‘to an absolute minimum’ in their search for venues to serve as polling […]
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Catholics must continue to remind politicians of the responsibility they owe to the world’s most vulnerable, the Bishop for the Environment has said. His call comes as a new survey suggests that more than half of people say climate change will influence the way they vote in the next general election. “The way that people […]
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The Biblical Nativity story has been brought to life on this year’s Royal Mail Christmas stamps. The six stamps show scenes from the Biblical story of the Nativity, the Annunciation, the journey of the Magi and the birth of Jesus Christ. They were designed by paper-cut artists Hari & Deepti who used layers of intricate […]
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A Christian man who was arrested and prosecuted for peacefully praying outside an abortion clinic in London has had the charges against him dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Christian Hacking, 29, from London, who needs a wheelchair after breaking his back in a climbing accident, was arrested by police on 8th August for allegedly […]
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Mercy Sister Mary Aidan Donaldson worked in education for almost 50 years – but that wasn’t nearly half her life story. The eldest Sister of Mercy in the world and believed to be the oldest living religious of any order, died on 25th October at the age of 111 at the Convent of Mercy retirement […]
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Members of the Vietnamese community gathered in London for a vigil in memory of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex. The service on Saturday 2nd November was attended by more than 100 people at the Church of the Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in east London. Candles […]
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People aged 18-35 who are engaged with their parish church are more likely to be optimistic about the future, secure in who they are, able to accomplish their goals and have someone that believes in them, according to a new report. The report also found they were less likely to say they are lonely or […]
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British actress Letitia Wright has criticised magazines for omitting her quotes in which she praises God and gives Him glory for her achievements. Wright, a Christian who achieved global recognition in 2018 for her portrayal of superhero Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, tweeted: ‘It’s super cute when journalists/interviewers for magazines leave […]
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