Trevor Grundy
Religious groups in Scotland overwhelmingly disapprove of gay marriage
Edinburgh, Scotland, December 9 (ENInews)--Although a recent survey showed 62 percent of Scots favor gay marriage, the country's main religious denominations overwhelmingly disapprove of it--though...
Muslim group banned in Britain ahead of planned demonstration
November 10 (ENInews)--Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced on 10 November that an extremist Islamist group called Muslims Against Crusades will be banned, starting at midnight (GMT)....
Amid stress of protests, St. Paul's mulls closing
London, October 20 (ENInews)--Feeling the stress of a growing camp of anti-corporate protesters on its doorsteps, London's iconic St....
Anglican prelate plans visit to Zimbabwe
Canterbury, England, August 30 (ENInews)--Rowan Williams, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, is planning to visit Zimbabwe in October as part of a wider
...
Muslims in Britain mourn riot heroes
Canterbury, England August 18 (ENInews)--More than 20,000 mourners, most
of them British-born Muslims, gathered in Birmingham, England on 18 August
...
Church of England may divest from News Corp.
The Church of England said it may sell its $6 million share in News
Corporation unless the global media organization conducts a full and
open inquiry into a phone hacking scandal.
Christian agencies warn that 10 million people face famine in Horn of Africa
London, July 7 (ENInews)--With the United Nations warning that the Horn of Africa and other parts of Africa are facing their worst drought in sixty years, Christian Aid and several other relief age...
Rowan Williams sparks a political row in England
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nearly a millennium ago, four unruly knights
crossed the English Channel from France and confronted the archbishop of
...
Cathedral attendance up, says Church of England
Five days after one of Britain's great churches, London's Westminster
Abbey, was seen on television by millions as the site of a royal
...
Church-state ties on full display at royal wedding
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) When Prince William and Kate Middleton walk
down the aisle at Westminster Abbey on Friday (April 29), Britain's
...
Millionaire buys paintings so church can keep them
CANTERBURY, England (RNS/ENInews) A self-effacing multimillionaire has
become a local hero after buying a series of 17th-century religious
...
British millionaire buys then donates religious paintings
Canterbury, England, April 1 (ENInews)--A self-effacing multi-millionaire, Jonathan Ruffer, 59, has become a cultural icon here after buying a series of 17th century religious paintings from the An...
Nearly 1,000 Anglicans converting to Catholicism
LONDON (RNS/ENInews) More than 900 Anglicans formally expressed a desire
to convert to Catholicism at special services held at Westminster
...
Debate needed on future of secularism in emerging democracies, historian says
Cambridge, England, March 9 (ENInews)--The sudden spread of "democratic liberation" in the Middle East means that a discussion needs to begin on whether secularism has a future in Middle East democ...
Indonesia urged to repeal blasphemy laws
London, February 10 (ENInews)--Indonesia has been urged to repeal its blasphemy laws and provide greater protection to religious minorities – including Christians and the Muslim Ahmadiyya sec...
Many genocides to be commemorated on Holocaust Memorial Day
Canterbury, England, January 25 (ENInews)--After the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews during World War II, the world cried out "never again." But one of Britain’s best-known young rabbis, J...
Activist for women's ministry re-elected to Church of England council
Canterbury, England, January 19 (ENInews)--The re-election of Christina Rees, a strong supporter of women's ministries, to the Church of England's Archbishops' Council is a sign that the church's m...
First Anglican bishops to join Catholic Church under new structure
London, January 14 (ENInews)--Three former Anglican bishops are to be ordained as Roman Catholic priests on Saturday, 15 January at Westminster Cathedral – the first bishops to join Rome unde...
Churches call for peaceful vote in Sudan
Canterbury, England 7 January (ENInews)--The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has urged all Anglicans and Christians from other denominations to stand with the Sudanese people as that c...