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British church attendance stabilizes after years of decline
The number of people attending Sunday services at Britain’s Anglican churches is continuing to drop, but church officials say there are signs that the decline is starting to stabilize.ws Service.
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Marcus Mumford and the trouble with labels
Labels can be helpful when, for instance, applied to cans of soup or barrels of toxic waste. But they are less so when affixed to human beings – particularly when labels are meant to summarize, indelibly, one's spiritual identity.
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Justin Welby installed as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby, the 57-year old former oil executive who quit the world of high finance in 1992 to become a priest, was enthroned Thursday (March 21) as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the world’s 77 mi...
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Dr. Livingstone, I presume? Missionary icon turns 200
When journalist Henry Morton Stanley found the world’s most famous missionary barely alive at the tiny village of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on Nov. 10, 1871, he gave the English language one of its most famous intr...
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British cardinal steps down
Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric has resigned.Cardinal Keith O'Brien has handed in his resignation following allegations from three priests and a former priest that O'Brien approached them inappropriately in the 1980s.
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Rising Theologian: Contest to find the UK’s next top theologian
The London School of Theology is trying to get people in the United Kingdom talking about theology via its Rising Theologian contest. The contest is open to UK residents over 18-years-old and up, could net an up-and-coming theo...
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Justin Welby confirmed as new Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby was confirmed Monday (Feb. 4) as the new archbishop of Canterbury at a centuries-old service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, six weeks before his formal enthronement inside Canterbury Cathedral on March 21.
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European court says U.K. equality laws trump personal religious beliefs
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (Jan. 15) ruled that equality laws trump personal religious beliefs, rejecting three of four appeals filed by British Christians who were fired or disciplined for expressing religio...
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British bishops resist move to allow monarch to marry a Catholic
A royal row has broken out between Church of England bishops and Prime Minister David Cameron’s liberal-minded coalition government over a planned bill to change ancient laws governing the royal line of succession. The governme...
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Church of England rejects women bishops
In a surprise move that shocked both sides of a years-long debate, the Church of England on Tuesday (Nov. 20) rejected an expected move to allow women bishops, preserving the church's status as one of the last bastions of male ...