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| An archbishop in Pakistan has urged people to respect sacred symbols – including those of the Catholic Church and Christianity – after participants in a rally supporting the country’s anti-blasphemy laws burned effigies of Pope Benedict XVI and the cross. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said that “Islamic radicals” had attacked the Pope, accusing him of interfering in the life of the country. “They burned his effigy and the cross. For that, we are very sorry. As faithful Christians, this wounds us,” the archbishop said. In an interview with Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Archbishop Saldanha said: “We disassociate ourselves from every act of violence and we demand respect for all sacred symbols, whatever their religion.” | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe, February 13, 2011 |
| Tony Blair has defended religious faith as a force for good in the world during a televised debate with atheist and columnist Christopher Hitchins. The former prime minister said it was true that “people commit horrific acts of evil in the name of religion”. However Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism in 2007, said it was also true that religion inspires acts of extraordinary good. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe, December 5, 2010 |
| Only 10 per cent of adults across the UK think that its religious meaning is the most important thing about Christmas, a Gfk NOP survey commissioned by the Children’s Society revealed this week. The trend is most noticeable among younger adults, where just four per cent of 25-34-year-olds compared to over 20 per cent of those over 60, gave the religious connotations of Christmas a top rating. Overall, spending time with family and friends is seen as more important to most people (67 per cent) than its religious significance as the birth date of Jesus according to the poll’s findings. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Church Of England Newspaper - December 3, 2010 |
| A Pew Forum on religion and Public Life survey, published in September, shows that atheists and agnostics know Christian doctrine better than many Christians. The reason for this surprise finding may be that atheists and agnostics are people who have thought a lot about religion. ‘The survey confirms that we know almost nothing about our own religions and even less about the religions of other people’ said Stephen Prothero, a professor of religion at Boston University. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now November 2010 |
| The German Bishops’ Conference has published a new martyrology, detailing the cases of Catholic clergy and laity who died for their faith under Nazi and communist rule. “I myself was shocked at how many Christians remained faithful to the Gospel when the atheist Nazi and communist orders held sway here,” said Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, chairman of the German Church’s Liturgy Commission, who headed the martyrdom commission. “Today’s generation should preserve the memory of our witnesses to faith, since it’s through honouring these great exemplars that we highlight our Church’s spiritual priorities.” | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe October 10, 2010 |
| Despite intense persecution for Muslim apostates, Muslims in the Middle East are converting to Christianity at record rates and in supernatural ways, it was reported in August. ‘Probably in the last ten years, more Muslims have come to faith in Christ than in the 15 centuries of Islam’ said Tom Doyle, Middle East-Central Asia director for E3 partners, a Texas-based missions agency. More than 200 former Muslims were baptized in July in Europe, led by Iran-born evangelist Lazarus Yeghnazar. Christian radio, television and internet-based programming now reach millions in Muslim nations. But Doyle says many Muslims come to faith after having dreams and visions of Jesus. They say: ‘I was content. I was a Muslim, and all of a sudden I get this dream about Jesus and he loved me’. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now October 2010 |
| The Sistine Chapel is in danger from the sweat and dust generated by more than 4 million visitors a year, warns the Vatican. It says there is a risk of serious damage to the 500-year-old frescoes that adorn the building's interior unless its climate control equipment is updated. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Daily Mail - September 4, 2010 |
| Historians are hoping a Bible linked to two pottery dynasties will be brought back home to Stoke-on-Trent. A Wedgwood family Bible dating back to 1630 is going up for auction in America this month after being discovered in an attic in Maine. It is believed the Bible has been owned by two important Burslem potters – Dr Thomas Wedgwood and Enoch Wood – before ending up on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Sentinel - August 11, 2010 |
| Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe has declared that British society would be ‘better’ if we all followed the Ten Commandments. Miss Widdecombe said, ‘What I’m saying is if today, with all the other advances – the modern technology and the medicine and all the great things that we’ve got – if today we tried to follow the Ten Commandments we would be a better society’. When she was asked if following the Ten Commandments would lead to religious intolerance, Miss Widdecombe eplied, ‘No, it doesn’t. I think they [other religions] are wrong. If you tell me you’re a socialist, I will think you wrong. That doesn’t mean I will prohibit you from proclaiming your socialism’. ‘And that’s what we’ve lost – we’ve lost the capacity to say, “you’re wrong”. I can’t say somebody’s wrong without being intolerant? Oh yes I can’. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Precious Seed International, May 2010 |
| An aggressive secular agenda forced several major church denominations to withdraw from the Government’s advisory body on religion, The Times reported in March. The Religion and Belief Consultative Group appeared on the brink of disbanding, following what the Church of England called an impasse in meetings between secularists and religious believers. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now, May 2010 |
| Almost two-thirds of Europeans think Christian values are still relevant to contemporary life and are ready to acknowledge the Church’s efforts to promote them, according to a survey for France’s Catholic La Croix daily. “Whether rooted in Christianity or not, Europeans recognise a privileged place for this religion in its Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox forms,” the weekly commented. “Yet while two-thirds think Christianity’s message is still up to date, this isn’t the case for the other third. So Christianity remains an element marking the religious culture of the Old Continent, but no longer claims exclusivity.” | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe, Sunday April 25, 2010 |
| The power of prayer has helped to catch criminals, increase detection rates and reduce the number of people killed on our roads, according to a senior Devon and Cornwall Police officer. Inspector Roger Bartlett, a staff officer with 23 years’ experience, said he was “convinced” that people’s faith had a positive impact on policing. The committed Christian, is part of the leadership team of the local Christian Police Association (CPA). He explained: “I presented to the group a significant rise in northern Devon of the number of casualties killed or seriously injured on the roads and asked them to pray for this number to come down.” After the request, incidents fell from 97 in 2007/08 to 32 in 2008/09. “Not only was this a 67 per cent reduction on the previous year, and a far greater fall than any other area of the force, it was also more than 50 per cent lover than the next lowest annual figure locally (66).” | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Catholic South West, March 2010 |
| Christian Church leaders have united to put Christian values at the forefront of the election campaign by launching a ‘declaration of conscience’. They launched their statement of values ahead of Tuesday’s meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Thirty senior Church figures, including Scotland’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, have called on British Christians “to vote with their conscience, guided by their faith.” They have signed a statement calling on political parties to back policies including support for marriage, freedom for those of faith to live their lives according to their beliefs and opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe – April 11th 2010 |
| The first-ever advertising campaign aimed at promoting the benefits of religious practice has been launched in Ireland. The campaign will feature up to 110 bus shelters across the Irish capital hosting posters with the message: “Here’s a little science. The practice of religion is good for you.” Through these advertisements and a dedicated website- www.relgious-practice.ie – the Inona Institute aims to highlight the findings of research into the medical and social benefits of religious belief. The campaigns message is based on the findings of research carried out by leading Irish psychiatrist, Professor Patricia Casey, for her paper The Psycho-Social Benefits of Religious Practice, which was commissioned by The Iona Institute and released last year. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe – April 11th 2010 |
| Almost 70 per cent of the earth’s population are exposed to limitations on their faith, new research shows. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life based its analysis, released in December, on reports from the US State Department and human rights groups as well as national constitutions. Overall, a third of the world’s countries were found to have high or very high restrictions on religion as a result of government rules or hostile acts by individuals and groups. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Life And Work – March 2010 |
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