http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/news/breakingnews/ en rpowell@anglicanmedia.com.au Copyright 2010 2010-02-09T12:46:41+10:00 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/churches-urged-to-back-charter-of-rights-20100208-nn5g.html Jesuit priest Father Frank Brennan has called on the nation's churches to band together to support a federal charter of rights.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/churches-urged-to-back-charter-of-rights-20100208-nn5g.html]]> 2010-02-08T23:46:41+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/14996/ A European court on Tuesday (Feb. 2) ordered Turkey to remove the religious affiliation section from citizens’ identification cards, calling the practice a violation of human rights.
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/14996/]]> 2010-02-08T22:49:16+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100208/churches-warned-to-prepare-for-another-lean-year/index.html Churches and non-profits should prepare for another lean year as Americans continue to grip their wallets, a researcher cautioned.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100208/churches-warned-to-prepare-for-another-lean-year/index.html]]> 2010-02-08T20:12:36+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7174716/Church-of-England-is-living-in-the-past-says-BBCs-head-of-religion.html The BBC's head of religion has accused the Church of England of "living in the past" and said that the corporation should not give Christianity preferential treatment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7174716/Church-of-England-is-living-in-the-past-says-BBCs-head-of-religion.html]]> 2010-02-07T20:21:30+10:00 Russell Powell http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary bert Park strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting "I brought God's love" and carrying a Bible. When the communist regime released him Saturday, he left silent and pale.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary]]> 2010-02-07T20:11:54+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7174792/Church-set-for-new-row-over-gay-clergy.html The Church of England is set for a new row over homosexuality with bishops divided over moves to recognise a breakaway movement in the US.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7174792/Church-set-for-new-row-over-gay-clergy.html]]> 2010-02-07T19:58:11+10:00 Russell Powell http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/it-s-scripts-to-scripture-but-mark-still-lifesaver/ DR Mark Gilbert is passionate about saving lives but he has decided to swap the physical for the spiritual.
http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/it-s-scripts-to-scripture-but-mark-still-lifesaver/]]> 2010-02-07T19:49:58+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7014593.ece The Archbishop of Canterbury believes that the nation is beset by a deep crisis of faith in politics that is “deeply damaging” for society.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7014593.ece]]> 2010-02-04T20:27:05+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0203/Top-5-Tim-Tebow-eye-black-biblical-verses What drives Tim Tebow can be read in his eyes and under them. The biblical references the quarterback wrote on his eye black at Florida give clues about how the man set to appear in a controversial anti-abortion Super Bowl ad views faith and fame.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0203/Top-5-Tim-Tebow-eye-black-biblical-verses]]> 2010-02-04T20:26:16+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.news.com.au/world/video-shows-jets-shooting-down-missionaries/story-e6frfkyi-1225826725307 DRAMATIC video has emerged showing a bungled CIA drug operation that led to Peruvian fighter jets shooting down a light plane carrying American missionaries.

http://www.news.com.au/world/video-shows-jets-shooting-down-missionaries/story-e6frfkyi-1225826725307]]> 2010-02-04T20:22:49+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i8y_IX57Jh-qud-TZOD5iVk4lOyQ John Lennon dismissively sang "God is a concept by which we can measure our pain" - but now his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr has revealed after decades of searching, he has become a believer.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i8y_IX57Jh-qud-TZOD5iVk4lOyQ]]> 2010-02-04T20:10:29+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248350/Christianity-squeezed-equality-Archbishop-York-warns.html# Christianity is being wiped out from public life in the name of equality, the Archbishop of York said yesterday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248350/Christianity-squeezed-equality-Archbishop-York-warns.html#]]> 2010-02-04T20:05:05+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7012842.ece Harriet Harman has backed away from a confrontation with religious leaders over who they can employ, making clear that she will not force contentious amendments to the Equality Bill through Parliament.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7012842.ece]]> 2010-02-03T20:29:40+10:00 Russell Powell http://www.smh.com.au/world/britain-backs-down-on-church-reform-law-20100203-ndol.html The British government has caved in to pressure from the Pope and churches by abandoning controversial reforms that would have forced religious groups to abide by anti-discrimination laws.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/britain-backs-down-on-church-reform-law-20100203-ndol.html]]> 2010-02-03T20:28:29+10:00 Russell Powell http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/actioon-sudan-urged-cen-1-22-10-p-5/ Britain and the United States must intervene in the Sudan to prevent a return of civil war, Dr. Daniel Deng, the Archbishop of Juba and Primate of the Sudan told Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a meeting at 10 Downing Street on Jan 11.
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