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English Bishops: BBC's cuts to religion aid extremism

English Bishops: BBC's cuts to religion aid extremism

John Bingham, BBC Religious Affairs Editor - Church Issues el Mon, Dec 28th 2015

Corporation is preparing significant cuts to its religion and ethics budget despite accusations that it has already sidelined faith issues. Rt Rev Rachel Treweek remarked that the decision to cut religious programming had presumably been taken 'to reduce the possibility of offending people with too much God stuff over the holiday'

Negative modern attitudes towards faith

Negative modern attitudes towards faith

Dr Rowan Williams - Evening Standard - Articles el Fri, Dec 18th 2015

As a cinemagoer, I’m being carefully targeted for conversion to a philosophy of life. If I don’t like it, that’s my problem. After all, this philosophy of life is completely self-evident to the film-makers, and assumed to be acceptable and attractive to every sane citizen. So advertising our Christian history is not intruding dangerous propaganda into a neutral and benign space. It is competing with existing propaganda, existing philosophies and ideologies. No wonder it’s a challenge for some.

Catholic Film Festival Swims Against the Flow

Catholic Film Festival Swims Against the Flow

Eponymous Flower - Activities el Wed, Jul 16th 2014

The International Catholic Film Festival. The aim of the festival is to give space and visibili The aim of the festival is to give space and visibility to  producers and directors of feature films, documentaries, docu-fiction, television series and short films, to promote  the "positive models and universal moral values”  which are therefore consistent with Christianity. 

Is the Catholic Faith fading? Not really.

Is the Catholic Faith fading? Not really.

Filip Mazurczak - First Things - Articles el Mon, Jun 23rd 2014

In absolute terms, the number of Spanish Catholics attending Mass weekly grew by an astonishing further 23 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to CIS. Meanwhile, between 2007 and 2013 the number of Spaniards contributing part of their taxes to the Church rose from eight to nine million.

How dare God disagree with Richard Dawkins

How dare God disagree with Richard Dawkins

Charles Moore - The Telegraph - Articles el Tue, Nov 5th 2013

 John Henry Newman wrote the greatest spiritual autobiography in English, his Apologia. In it, he recalls that, when young, he lived under the ''detestable doctrine’’ of predestination. He believed he was saved, which made him ignore everyone else and ''rest in the thought of two and two only absolute and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator’’.

Middle Eastern intolerance means Filipinos have to be careful about their faith

Middle Eastern intolerance means Filipinos have to be careful about their faith

UCA News - Activities el Wed, Apr 10th 2013

An estimated 12 million Filipinos are working abroad in over 200 countries. Celeste Macaldo says she’s a “devout” Catholic who attended Mass every week until she landed a job as a caregiver in Lebanon five years ago. “For five years, I remember going to church to attend Mass only five times, and only on Christmas Eve,” she told ucanews.com.

Be bearers of the message of Christian unity

Be bearers of the message of Christian unity

Pope Benedict XVI - Activities el Sun, Jan 6th 2013

Be bearers of the message of Christian unity. Pope addresses 45,000 young members of the ecumenical Taizé community. Dear young friends, Christ does not remove you from the world. He sends you there where His light is missing, so that you may bring it to others. Yes, you are all called to be small lights to those around you.

Taizé in Rome

Taizé in Rome

L'Osservatore Romano - Activities el Sat, Dec 29th 2012

The 35th European Youth Meeting sponsored by the Taizé Community begins on Friday, 28 December, in Rome. More than 40,000 youth are expected for the traditional “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth” which will last for six days. 

Madrid in the age of austerity - Wise Men, flamenco dolls and old values

Madrid in the age of austerity - Wise Men, flamenco dolls and old values

Jimmy Burns - The Tablet - Articles el Wed, Dec 26th 2012

 With Spain facing its toughest economic crisis for decades, this Christmas will be difficult for many families. But the festive season has inspired a certain wistfulness for simpler times and traditions, including the Catholic family of old. And with nearly two million seeking help from the Church, Catholic organisations are what stand between many people and destitution.

Archbishops: It is not too late to stop this shambolic Bill

Archbishops: It is not too late to stop this shambolic Bill

Ed West and Simon Caldwell - World Issues el Tue, Dec 18th 2012

The Church in England and Wales has criticised Government plans to push ahead with same-sex marriage next year, after the Culture Secretary announced a timetable for the historic change. In a statement released on Tuesday Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark said: “The Government has chosen to ignore the views of over 600,000 people who signed a petition calling for the current definition of marriage to stay.

A cross to bear

A cross to bear

Laura Donnelly - The Telegraph - Activities el Fri, Sep 7th 2012

This week, four Christians will argue in court that they face discrimination in Britain because of their faith. Discriminated: A woman who was asked to remove her cross while working as a nurse is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights to argue that she has suffered discrimination as a result of her faith. 

The Observatory's Report on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians

The Observatory's Report on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians

Observatory's Report - World Issues el Wed, Apr 4th 2012

This report portrays the most important developments with regard to freedom of religion, the most striking cases of intolerance and discrimination throughout Europe – and what individuals and institutions say about it. The report includes several statistics as well as analysis of the meaning of freedom of religion in the European context.

Religious denominations and the European Union

Religious denominations and the European Union

Michele Madonna - L'Osservatore Romano - Church Issues el Sun, Mar 18th 2012

Looking at the horizon unfolding before us Europe cannot and must not give up the contribution of Catholicism and of the other religious denominations because, as Benedict XVI clearly affirmed during his recent Visit to the United Kingdom, faith “is not a problem for legislators to solve, but a vital contributor to the national conversation”, and proper attention should also be paid to “the legitimate role of religion in the public square”.

Seventy per cent of World Population Live in Countries with High Restrictions on Religious Beliefs

Seventy per cent of World Population Live in Countries with High Restrictions on Religious Beliefs

Silvano M. Tomasi C.S - V.I.S - World Issues el Thu, Mar 8th 2012

"Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia increased 309 per cent between 2003 and 2010. Approximately 70 per cent of the world’s population lives in countries with high restrictions on religious beliefs and practices, and religious minorities pay the highest price".