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Review UK trade with China to avoid complicity, charity urges Government
THE British Government should review UK trade with China to avoid complicity in forced labour or religious persecution, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide.The report on levels of freedom of religion…
Church festival in Louisiana goes on, despite fears of raids by US immigration squads
A LAS POSADAS celebration went ahead in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, despite fears of raids by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) squads. St Margaret’s Episcopal Church held the traditional celebration for the…
‘Project Spire is the right way forward’
“I THINK it’s fair to say that, since my appointment . . . it has been an eventful year,” the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Marsha de Cordova, observes. It was less than six weeks after her appointment in October 2024…
Blackpool housing-demolition plan ignites fears
PLANS to demolish up to 400 properties in central Blackpool have created a culture of fear, the assistant curate leading Beacon Church, the parish church, said this week.The curate, the Revd Matt Lockwood warned that the…
Cheshire church closes to reduce heating bills over cold winter
ST MARY’s, Astbury, in Cheshire, has taken the “difficult decision” to suspend services and close for three months to reduce heating bills over the coldest winter months. One of the largest in the diocese, the medieval church…
Family’s wishes refused by court in Lincoln diocese
THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Lincoln has refused to grant a faculty to permit cremated remains to be interred in a grave space that would otherwise be used for the burial of bodily remains, in the churchyard of St…
Waters of life and death
I COULD read it on their faces: utter incredulity and bewilderment. I had not expected this when, as CME director, I led a group of 30 curates to the east bank of the River Jordan. The theme of their pilgrimage was…
Indian Christian families have ‘quiet Christmas’ to avoid persecution
AS CHURCHES across India prepared for Christmas, many Christian families had to alter plans: evening prayers were shortened, carol groups stayed indoors, and parents suggested to children that they remove crosses before…
World news in brief
Condemnation of Israeli ban on humanitarian groups THE decision to ban 37 humanitarian groups — including World Vision International and Doctors Without Borders — from operating in Gaza has attracted international…
Climate crisis requires words and actions
IT IS said that we are heading towards a cliff edge. But that image no longer captures the gravity of our predicament: we are already off the edge. Only a furious pumping of our legs over the abyss, in the manner of Wile E.…
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