British Isles
Martin McGuinness and Christianity
25 Mar 2016
Comments made by Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister that he is a ‘very broad-minded Christian’ and a ‘practising Catholic’ have been slammed by a victim of the Troubles. Ann Travers, whose sister Mary was murdered by…
Police corruption
25 Mar 2016
Three policemen and a retired police officer were arrested in an inquiry into fraudulent activity at the Police Federation of England and Wales. Surrey Police are investigating the transfer of £1m to a charitable account last…
A different type of Stations of the Cross
25 Mar 2016
The traditional Stations of the Cross are a series of fourteen images depicting the stages of Christ’s journey on Good Friday. This year Premier Christianity has created a unique photographic study of a parallel journey retold…
Anti-Semitism in universities
25 Mar 2016
In England we have ‘Jewniversities’. These ‘Jewnis’, for short, are universities with large percentages of Jewish students. Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge have 61% of UK’s Jewish students. Many say that anti-Semitism is to…
Political power in the UK
25 Mar 2016
The Prime Minister has mounted a fightback against Iain Duncan Smith’s comments and government voices. Tory MPs are pressurising the Chancellor to rewrite his Budget. Jeremy Corbyn is saying that the Chancellor should resign for a…
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are inviting all churches to pray for the evangelisation of the nation during the week leading up to Pentecost Sunday. They have written to every serving parish priest, expressing their…