The Belfast Children’s Festival returns with a week-long programme beginning, March 9, of fun-filled events and low cost activities for children aged 0-14.
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Spark Opera and NI Opera’s Young Artists Programme present two new short chamber operas for children -
The Episcopal bishop in Western Washington, in sharp disagreement with Roman Catholic prelates, believes that same-sex marriage is "a conservative proposal" that should be adopted "not only in our society but in our church."
The latest Christian film to become a box office hit, Courageous, has soared to the top of the US DVD charts.
A senior bishop has become the first openly to back gay marriage, provoking another row over an issue that has divided the Church of England.
The time has come for a change in stance on Civil Partnerships is the message from pro-gay groups in the LGB&T Anglican Coalition.
Currently, with 6,000 co-ed students in Chennai, India, Madras Christian College (MCC) is the largest of the 50 Indian members of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC).
The Anglican Health Network (AHN) yesterday announced plans for a major conference in Birmingham, UK, in April 2013.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said on Thursday that the Government would only invite the Pope to Ireland if there is an indication he is definitely going to come.
Geoff Howlett has commenced a monthly round-up of the happenings in the world of contemporary religious music and media.
Arguments about women bishops will dominate public proceedings of the Synod, but gay marriage is one of the burning issues behind the scenes. Martin Beckford writes in The Daily Telegraph:
The 2012 Eton Choral Courses are now accepting applications
A senior bishop has become the first openly to back gay marriage, provoking another row over an issue that has divided the Church of England.
The Archbishop of York has published this transcript of his interview with Martin Beckford of the Daily Telegraph.
Millie Campbell, 76 years old, is one of the people praying for New Orleans, a city still recovering from the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and experiencing a murderous crime wave.
As 'equality' is among the prevailing values of our time, David Cameron is committed to introducing full marriage equality for homosexuals - Mary Kenny writes in The Belfast Telegraph
‘Refresh the Soul,’ an evening for youth leaders and volunteers, will take place on Monday February 6 in St Polycarp’s, Finaghy.
It is harvest time for strawberries in the northern Philippine town of La Trinidad, so strawberry farmer Alice Rivera will start repaying a loan extended by a Geneva-based ecumenical church loan fund.
The Church of England faced a demand from some of its clergy yesterday over a ban on gay civic ceremonies on its premises.
The Bishop of London in a statement yesterday regarding letter in posting above:
The Anglican Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma, has warned those, including Boko Haram, scheming to distract the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to retrace their steps and turn a new leaf.
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa is inviting members of the Communion to join a carbon offset scheme here which will be see trees planted at Anglican Churches and Institutions across Southern Africa.
In an overview of the turmoil in the Anglican Mission of America, Bob Smietana in The Tennessean Newspaper, lays out the issues confronting the members of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) as they try to regroup.
The article begins by quoting a former Episcopal priest who left to join the AMiA and who describes the present situation as "It’s sinful, it’s ugly, it’s wrong […] And it doesn’t bring honor to the name of Christ.”
Country gospel band Live Issue will be taking to the stage at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church on Saturday February 25 at 8pm for a charity concert in aid of Zimbabwe and the church.
In Belfast in 1979 Paul Kyle was called to care for and teach a group of young people who became known as the Community of the King.
Down & Dromore are holding diocesan wide Children’s Praise Party on Saturday 19th May with special guest Nick Harding.
Writing in the foreword of “Moving Forward Together: Homosexuality and the Church of Ireland” , Canon Ginnie Kennerley , chair of Changing Attitude Ireland, says the Bishops have done the right thing in convening the conference next month.
Distinguishing civil partnerships and marriages need not be seen in negative terms - the Opinion column in the theologically conservative “Christian Today”states.
The Church of Ireland is in rough waters and the process of listening, advocated by the Bishops is paramount, Justice Catherine McGuinness writes in the preface to “Moving Forward Together - Homosexuality in The Church of Ireland”, published this week by Changing Attitude Ireland