The Archbishop of Canterbury has surprisingly reignited the row today over the separation of church and state by saying it is "not the end of the world" if the established church were to disappear.
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December 18th, 2008
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December 18th, 2008
The Vatican has criticised the manipulation and destruction of early human life in the most severe condemnation ever issued by the Catholic Church on the brave new world of biotechnology.
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December 18th, 2008
BBC bosses have ordered Jonathan Ross to tone down swearing and smutty comments on his chatshow when it returns in the New Year.
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December 18th, 2008
Local councils and the public will have more power to stop the clubs opening in their towns and cities while existing venues will have to apply for new licences.
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December 17th, 2008
Concern has been expressed about the ethics of tonight's Sky documentary, which follows the assisted suicide of a man at the Dignitas suicide centre in Switzerland.
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December 17th, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury has reignited the debate over the separation of church and state by saying that "it would not be the end of the world if the established church disappeared".
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December 17th, 2008
Patients dying from heart failure in Glasgow are to receive the kind of support typically provided to cancer sufferers in a groundbreaking pilot project for the UK.
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December 17th, 2008
Religious charities in the UK can hold unpopular views, such as not endorsing homosexuality, just as long as they are transparent, the Charity Commission has stated.
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December 17th, 2008
Church leaders are to debate the contentious issue of whether Christians should be doing more to convert Muslims.
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December 16th, 2008
Opinion: "the principle of assisted suicide must not be accepted. As soon as someone else is involved, it becomes murder, or any variation thereof, as, by definition, suicide is taking one's own life".