In an historic visit to the Vatican, Baroness Warsi will express her “fear” about the marginalisation of religion throughout Britain and Europe, saying that faith needs “a seat at the table in public life”.
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February 13th, 2012
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February 13th, 2012Lady Warsi is to warn of what she calls the "militant secularisation" of society and propose Christianity is given a central role in public life when she leads a high-level government delegation on an official visit to the pope.
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February 13th, 2012“Conservative Party backbenchers in revolt…” “Cabinet ministers rebel…” “Rebel alliance of Tory councils oppose PM’s plans…” “Prime Minister faces opposition from within…”
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February 13th, 2012
A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel – the latest sign that Egypt’s emerging political forces intend to call Washington’s bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations.
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February 13th, 2012A new “reproductive health” bill being proposed in Tanzania’s National Assembly is “pure western imperialism,” according to a local pro-life leader. Emil Hagamu, Human Life International’s Regional Coordinator for English-Speaking Africa, called the bill “foreign ideology that is being imposed on our African culture whose objective is depopulation.”
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February 13th, 2012As parishioners gathered for Sunday Mass, a radical group of homosexual activists protested outside Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, calling Francis Cardinal George the city’s “arch-bigot” for defending marriage.
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February 13th, 2012Last night the House of Lords discussed assisted suicide. The one hour dinner debate, in which 30 peers spoke, was focused on the role of the Director of Public Prosecutions in cases of assisted suicide.
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February 13th, 2012Christians are happier in their marriage and more likely to stay together than non-Christians, new research has found.
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February 13th, 2012Iranian authorities in early February arrested Christian converts from Islam while they were meeting for worship at a home in the southern city of Shiraz, according to sources.
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February 13th, 2012The Rt Rev Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury, urged politicians to help protect the “God-given meaning of marriage for the sake of all generations to come”.