Maria Mackay
TV Star Heads CAFOD's Ethical Gold Campaign This Valentine's Day
Casualty star Ben Price - "nasty Nathan" in the TV drama - is spreading the love this Valentine's Day as he supports the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development's (CAFOD) campaign for ethical gold and asking others to join him.
Stop the Traffik to Tour UK Universities
Throughout February and March 2007, the Oasis Trust will be taking to the road to tour universities across England to raise awareness as part of the Stop the Traffik campaign.
Faith-Based Organisations Play Major Role in HIV/AIDS Care, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report in which it says that more effort is needed to encourage greater collaboration between public health agencies and faith-based organisations (FBOs), if progress is to be made towards the goal of universal access towards HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.
Church Hopes to Break 'Spend, Spend, Spend' Wedding Culture
Get to your wedding in a taxi - just one of the many novel suggestions from the Church of England for a more cost-effective wedding.
Sudan Authorities "Not Serious" About Peace Plan, warns Bishop
The Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum has accused the Sudanese government of "playing games" with the people of Sudan after failing to rein in on militia groups despite a 2005 power-sharing plan.
Catholic Church Opposes Carnival Condom Hand-Out
The Catholic Church in Brazil has launched a full scale attack on plans to hand out millions of free condoms when the staunchly Catholic country's notoriously licentious Carnival kicks off next week.
Kirk Moderator Calls for Greater Support for Students from Africa
Church of Scotland Moderator to speak up in support of more student bursaries for African students.
Giant St Columba Statue a Good Thing
The UK has never been big on big. Even Canary Wharf in London, home to the UK's tallest building at a mere 50 floors, huddles on the edge of the city where its towers can safely cast their ballooning shadows over the half-empty streets of nearby housing complexes.
Operation Noah Calls on Government to Defend God's Creation
Operation Noah campaigners call on "British leaders to lead and on the Government to govern" to defend Britain and the whole of God's creation from human-induced climate change. Last week's IPCC Climate Change 2007 report concluded that climate warming is unequivocally human-induced, a conclusion accepted by Operation Noah, and that even if action is taken now to remedy the situation the planet is still likely to become more climatically dangerous.
Church Speaks Up For True Love During National Marriage Week
The Catholic Church takes the opportunity to 'Speak Up With Love, Reach Out to the Hurting' during National Marriage Week. Christians up and down the country are joining in with National Marriage Week (7 - 14 February) and the Catholic Church has launched two major initiatives to mark the occasion.
Kirk Moderator Addresses Scottish Parliament on Slave Trade
The Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly, the Rt Rev Alan McDonald, has addressed the Scottish Parliament on the "evils of slavery" as the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act this year brings former past and present forms of slavery high on church agendas this year.
North Korea Tops Persecution Watch List Again
North Korea has once again topped the Open Doors' "World Watch List", the annual blacklist of the world's 50 worst persecutors announced this week by Open Doors USA.
Make this Year's Elections About Climate Change, says Church of Scotland Minister
Church of Scotland minister the Rev Malcolm Rooney has called for climate change to be the single issue that decides how Christians vote at the forthcoming elections to the Scottish Parliament.
Church of Scotland Moderator to Meet with Politicians on Poverty
The Rt Rev Alan McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has begun the traditional annual visit to the Scottish Parliament this week where he is meeting with the principals of the main political parties in Scotland.
Catholic Church Responds to Homophobic Bullying Allegations
The Catholic Church has responded to claims from the head of the NASUWT that it is refusing to target homophobic bullying in schools. Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT union, recently accused the Church of rejecting a call by ministers to ensure that all schools in England have a policy to tackle the issue.
Humanists Question Presence of CofE Bishops in Lords
The head of the British Humanist Association has questioned the automatic presence of 26 Church of England bishops in the unelected second chamber of parliament as the Government deliberates House of Lords reforms.