DAILY NEWS

CNI Daily Summary 16th December a.m.

Your rapid overview of today’s news and interests – Have a very messy Christmas, says Archbishop of Canterbury

SPECIAL
Human Sexuality reading list and web links – A resource for General Synod members and others. Click on Parish Support Resources above masthead and then on Articles.

IRELAND
Rector and his wife gift Rwandan elderly
Church Resources Exhibition – online bookings have started
Record numbers calling Samaritans for help
Half of older people forgo food to pay for fuel – survey
Ex priest guilty of 19 sex offences
Irish state ‘open to Papal visit’ says deputy prime minister

GREAT BRITAIN
Have a very messy Christmas, says Archbishop of Canterbury
House of Lords: challenge to civil partnership regulations withdrawn
Bishop warns of UK’s disastrous isolation from rest of Europe
New laws to tackle sectarian crimes at football matches in Scotland

WORLD
NZ – Mary’s pregnancy billboard ‘serves purpose’
African churches challenged to take up disability rights issues
Christians in Kashmir, India,increasingly fearful

MOTHERS UNION – FAMILY ISSUES
Charity says troubled families need more than ‘crisis interventions’
MU Teddy Bears have skinhead in tears

MUSIC AND SERVICES
IAO Organ Congress 2012
Bach Cantata Consort

TODAY’S BLOG
Can I convince my son that I didn’t miss his nativity play?

PRAY2DAY
A thought, a bible text and a prayer – for busy people