1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (407+ words) The Catholic Church in Scotland has said there are “profound moral and ethical concerns” around plans to remove legal sanctions for women who conduct their own abortions. The intervention comes following the leak of a motion to be voted on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (956+ words) The study, ‘Choice or Circumstance? Rising Childlessness in Ireland,’ published by the Iona Institute for Religion and Society, projects that around 24.2% of women born in the late 1990s could remain childless by the age of 45. That would represent a substantial increase…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (209+ words) US churches healthier than expected despite ‘massive discipleship gap’ – new study Scottish churches welcome £1m fund for historic buildings Päivi Räsänen calls on Shabana Mahmood to let her enter the UK Sporting bodies pulling back from allowing men to join women's…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) The maintenance and repair of historic churches has become an issue of increasing concern since Labour announced it would be bringing an end to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS) earlier this year. Although a successor scheme has…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (996+ words) A question for Christians is, however, how much does faith matter? Using an evangelical understanding of Aquinas’ theological and cardinal virtues, I analyse their deterioration, the consequences and hope for the future. Data shows that Britain in 1939 was a much…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) The Christian Institute has warned that government plans to give cohabiting couples the same rights as married couples could not only further disincentivise marriage, but also place a barrier on couples getting together at all. A government consultation is currently…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1135+ words) In its new report, ‘Finnishing Marriage? Lessons from Finland’s cohabitation reforms’, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned that proposals to automatically give some cohabiting couples additional legal entitlements over property and finances risk having unforeseen effects on marriage,…...