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Exclusive: 20,000 sign petition demanding Pope funds UK visit | Print |  Email
Monday, 15 February 2010
A PETITION calling for the Pope to pay for his own visit to Britain has received more than 20,000 signatures.
The estimated s20million cost of the four-day visit to these shores, which begins in Edinburgh, will largely be met by the taxpayer, reports Lynn Mcpherson in The Sunday Mail
 
Euan Murray calls for an end to Sunday matches | Print |  Email
Friday, 12 February 2010
SCOTLAND prop Euan Murray admits he would like rugby to drop Sunday matches as he prepares to make his comeback to the team for the RBS Six Nations match against Wales tomorrow. The 29-year-old committed Christian explained how he had made his decision to no longer to play on the Sabbath as his faith grew stronger. Others in sport have reconciled their faith with a belief that God would support their playing on Sundays, notably Jason Robinson, the former England and British and Irish Lions winger, and Ireland's Andrew Trimble, writes David Fergusson in The Scotsman
 
The ignored gospel message | Print |  Email
Friday, 12 February 2010
Lord what fools these mortals be. It is difficult for an outsider to look upon the febrile maunderings of the General Synod of the Church of England without a sense of bewilderment and mild irritation. The body which is the parliament of the nation's established church is, all things considered, a pretty poor advertisement for the message of good news which its founder set out to bring humanity. From The Independent
 
Protests against the pope to hit London | Print |  Email
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Protests are being organised this weekend against the Pope's visit to the country later in the year. A coalition of gay rights, secular and women's groups are organising the demonstration, which will meet outside Westminster Cathedral on Sunday at 13:00 GMT, before heading to the Italian embassy at Grosvenor Square for a rally at 15:00 GMT. Peter Tatchell of gay rights group Outrage!" listed the litany of abjections to the pontiff's visit. "The Pope opposes women's rights, gay equality, embryonic stem cell research, death with dignity and the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV," he said today. "Pope Benedict played a key role in the cover-up of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy. "He has rehabilitated the Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson, and even though Pope Pius XII failed to speak out against the Holocaust he plans to make him a saint," writes Ian Dunt on politics.co.uk
 
Angry Margo MacDonald attacks political carve-up over assisted suicide bill | Print |  Email
Thursday, 11 February 2010
MARGO MacDonald has hit out after the Scottish Parliament voted to stop its health committee considering her landmark bill to legalise assisted suicide. Amid heated exchanges, MSPs split down party lines in deciding to set up a special ad hoc committee to consider the controversial End of Life Assistance Bill, writes David Maddox in The Scotsman
 
Can gay footballers ever come out? | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
He dreaded going to work with his colleagues. By the time he got into training, he was so nervous he felt sick. "I was like a bullied kid on his way to school to face his tormentors," wrote Graeme Le Saux, the former England and Chelsea defender, in his autobiography. For 14 years, Le Saux endured the taunts of everyone from team-mates and players such as Robbie Fowler, who bent over in front of him and pointed at his backside during a match, to thousands of vociferous fans chanting obscenities. The cultured left-back was, in a sense, England's first outed footballer. And he was not even gay, writes Patrick Barkham in The Guardian
 
BBC accused over a lack of religious broadcasts | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The Church of England's Synod is to discuss a claim by some of its members that the BBC has reduced broadcasting about religion.
The broadcaster is also accused of marginalising the remaining programmes. The BBC denies the accusation, but religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said the motion has already gathered support. From BBC News
 
Atheists 'just as ethical as churchgoers' | Print |  Email
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
People who have no religion know right from wrong just as well as regular worshippers, according to the study. The team behind the research found that most religions were similar and had a moral code which helped to organise society. But people who did not have a religious background still appeared to have intuitive judgments of right and wrong in common with believers, according to the findings, published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. From The Telegraph
 
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