December 1, 2007 Church leaders call for abortion review

To mark the 40th anniversary on Oct. 27 of Britain’s 1967 Abortion Act that legalized abortion in specified circumstances, church leaders called for a re-examination of the situation.

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November 1, 2007 Foreign priests in U.K. undergo training in ‘Britishness’

A three-week course designed to introduce foreign priests to the British way of doing things in the Roman Catholic church has opened at Ushaw College outside Durham in Northumberland, England.

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October 1, 2007 Hindus protest yoga ban at two UK churches

Leaders of Britain’s Hindu community are expressing disbelief and outrage at claims by two English church ministers that yoga should be banned after saying that the meditative exercise is a sham and not compatible with Christianity.

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July 3, 2007 Clerics rate Blair

The two senior leaders of the Church of England paid tribute recently to British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s religious commitment but voiced concern over his decision to embark on military action in Iraq.

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April 1, 2007 Lambeth library

Access to the Lambeth Palace Library – one of the oldest public libraries in the United Kingdom – will soon be open to anyone with an Internet hookup.

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March 1, 2007 New Irish primate

The (Anglican) Church of Ireland has elected the Bishop of Connor, Alan Harper, 62, as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland. He succeeds Archbishop Robin Eames, who retired at the end of 2006 after more than 20 years...

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March 1, 2007 Ambassador for sport

Christians in Britain sometimes complain that the Church of England can be frosty to those who never go to services unless attending baptisms, weddings and funerals. One bishop aims to rectify that situation, when it comes to sporting activities. “A church building for most people is like going to Mars,” says Bishop Tony Porter, 54, of Sherwood, a key mover behind the church’s plan to appoint its first ever ambassador for sport in 2007. “We have to go where people are.”

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March 1, 2007 Church repents for slave trade

The Church of England, in acknowledging its involvement in the slave trade, will take part in an act of repentance by thousands of Anglicans, including its spiritual head, planned for March 24.

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March 1, 2007 Most couples marry in church for the service, not for the pretty photographs

More than half of those planning to get married in church say the vicar who officiates at their service is just as important a part of their wedding as the setting of the church for their photos, according to a research report...

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December 1, 2006 Climate ‘chaos’

Churches in Britain have joined the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and hope to mobilize Christians to take stewardship of a threatened earth just as a critical United Nations conference on the planet was taking place in Nairobi.

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