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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




The Catholic Church has said it defrocked 55 priests for clerical sex abuse since 2001. The new figures show they were removed from the priesthood after new rules were put in place to protect children and vulnerable adults. The Church said it has received many more complaints about sexual misconduct by members of the clergy.
Crime	Bible Society - 31st July 2015



Just 19 per cent of Americans believe they live in a Christian nation with over two thirds calling America a ‘nation of many religions’. The poll by Lifeway Research also found that most Americans believe the US is still far more welcoming to Christians than Muslims. Over 90 per cent said Christians are welcomed, whilst just 57 per cent said the same for Muslims.
Religion/Spirituality	Bible Society - 31st July 2015



More than 33,000 girls under the legal age of consent have been provided with long-acting contraceptive implants or hormonal injections by NHS sexual health clinics over the last four years.
Young People	CARE - 27th July 2015



Thousands of UK school children are to receive lessons in 'Mindfulness'. Around 3,000 children aged 11-14 will receive instruction in mindfulness, with a similar number acting as a control group. Researchers will seek to measure the practice's effect on mental and physical wellbeing. As Dr Peter Jones and Dr Joe Boot explain, mindfulness has Buddhist origins and promotes a worldview incompatible with gospel truth.
Education	Christian Concern - 25th July 2015



Around 17 per cent of people aged over 60 say they have included a charitable donation in their wills, according to recent research - more than twice the number of people who have historically left a legacy.
The Elderly	Civil Society News - 27th July 2015



Fewer than one in three weddings were celebrated in church in 2012, compared to more than half in the 1980s according to research conducted by Oxford University. This change is attributed to the rise in cohabitation, the decline in allegiance to churches, and the popularity of weddings staged in stately homes or football grounds, according to the study.
Social Issues	Bible Society - 24th July 2015



The average amount given to charity is higher than in previous years, while volunteering levels have seen little change, according to a Cabinet Office survey published yesterday.
Social Issues	Civil Society News - 22nd July 2016



Research shows that most teenagers don’t regard their Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) provision as being particularly useful and most adult professionals working with teenagers agree. In particular, students feel that it focuses too much on facts and the mechanics of reproduction, with little opportunity to explore relationships or emotions.
Education	Families First – July/August 2015



Muscular Christianity always argued that sporting ideas of fair play improved a pupil’s moral fibre. But a new study has revealed that children who sing in a choir are more likely to make good moral choices. The study, carried out by researchers at the Jubilee Centre (an academic unit at Birmingham University), involved 10,000 British children and 250 teachers….Overall just 42.6 per cent of the teenagers’ responses matched the more moral options chosen by the panel. Girls out performed boys with a 47 per cent match compared with only 37 per cent…Those who sang in choirs or took part in other musical activities outside school were 17 per cent more likely to choose the more moral options than who did not. Drama groups delivered students who scored 14 per cent better on average while those involved in photography or art groups also fared better.
Young People	ThirdWay April 2015



The Ebola virus has caused nearly 3,000 deaths and infected over 8,000 people in Sierra Leone. With infection rates now falling, Christian Aid, CAFOD and Tearfund want policy makers in the UK, European Union, Sierra Leone, World Bank, United Nations and World Health Organisation to outline clear strategies for making religious leaders ‘’a pivotal part’’ of Ebola recovery and prevention programmes.
World Issues	Life and Work April 2015



Recent results from a survey conducted by document management solutions provider, Margolis have revealed that almost half of businesses either believe they could go paperless by the end of 2015 or already have gone paperless. What the data suggests is that many organizations are now recognising the paperless office as a realistic goal and benchmark for efficiency. 30% of businesses believed that they could go paperless at some point this year, whilst 18.7% declared that they were already embracing an electronic way of working. Results still showed a small amount of animosity to embracing this change, as 6% of those surveyed said that they didn’t want to go paperless.
Work/Employment	Margolis - 20th July 2015



The ComRes poll, conducted on 10–12 July for social policy charity CARE, revealed that 74 per cent of the public believe the UK Government should require sites that provide porn to the UK – regardless of whether or not they are actually located in the UK – to put in place age verification checks. Only 13 per cent disagreed. Among women, support was 84 per cent. A further 73 per cent also said that age verification should apply to 18 as well as R18 rated films streamed online. This would ensure under 18s are protected from watching 18 rated films like 50 Shades of Grey and are consequently afforded protections online that parallel those available offline. Again only 13 per cent disagreed.
Social Issues	CARE - 17th July 2015



The NHS is urging GPs to draw up end-of-life plans for those over 75, as well as vulnerable younger patients. GPs must ask them whether they want to be resuscitated in certain circumstances. Practice nurses are cold-calling patients to ask them. There’s news that this personal information will go into a huge IT database, accessible by GPs, hospital staff and ambulance crews.
Health	Evangelicals Now – June 2015



A formal complaint has, in April, been lodged with the General Medical Council (GMC) against the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) and three leading psychiatrists over the College’s public statements about homosexuality. The complainants accuse the Royal College of neglecting its public duty by making misleading statements about same-sex attraction at the time of the same sex marriage Bill whereby it claimed that sexual orientation was biological and fixed at birth and then, quietly, a year later, stating that sexual orientation was neither inborn nor unchangeable. The complaints highlight the influence of the Royal College on public discourse and argue that its long delay and failure to publicise the eventual correction widely, constitute negligence.
Social Issues	Evangelicals Now – June 2015



Researchers in Hawaii are looking for girls to participate in second trimester abortions as part of the research on whether oxytocin can reduce bleeding in mothers during and after abortion, it was reported in April. The girls can be as young as 14 for the study, where the unborn baby is 18 to 24 weeks gestation. Second trimester abortions are dangerous for women in many cases. The abortion procedure is two days and involves stopping the baby’s heart and then delivering or dismembering the baby.
Social Issues	Evangelicals Now – June 2015

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