Catholics in Glasgow’s West End plan first Corpus Christi procession ‘for generations’
Plans have been finalised for the first Corpus Christi procession to take place in Glasgow in generations, as Catholics from the city’s West End Deanery prepare to process from St Patrick’s, Anderston, to St Paul’s, Whiteinch. The procession, which will take place on Sunday June 2, will see the Blessed Sacrament processed from St Patrick’s [...]
EU on verge of ‘historic breakthrough’ for tax justice
An EU decision, reported late yesterday, that European multinationals will be required to report the profits made and taxes paid in every country where they operate, would, if enshrined in law, be an ‘historic breakthrough’ in battling tax evasion, Christian Aid said today. The organisation estimates that developing countries lose an estimated US$160bn in tax [...]
Churches buck the trend to reach ‘missing generation’ of young adults
New research identifies five types of churches which are bucking the trend in reaching and discipling the ‘missing generation’ of people in their 20s and 30s. Beth Keith, a tutor at Church Army in Sheffield, conducted the qualitative research project on behalf of Church Army and Fresh Expressions. Her report, Authentic faith: fresh expressions of [...]
Debt after death? Church calls for investigation into the rising cost of dying
The Church of Scotland has agreed to investigate the increasing costs of holding funerals. Speaking during the debate at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rev Sarah Ross (Minister of Forth St Paul’s Parish Church in South Lanarkshire) gave an impassioned plea for the Church and Society Council to investigate the issue of [...]
Charities demand that Glasgow rent rise is scrapped
Charities today demanded council bosses scrap crippling rent rises. Their umbrella body said it had serious concerns about plans by City Property to charge full market rents for offices and warehouses occupied by voluntary organisations. Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) and the Third Sector Forum – which represent hundreds of groups – said [...]
Outrage as Kirk erases old Scots word from archives
It’s a five-letter word which dates back centuries and has survived countless changes in cultural and linguistic fashion. But now the Church of Scotland has outraged Scots language experts by banishing “anent” – meaning about or concerning – from its legal documents and deciding to go back through hundreds of pieces of old church legislation [...]
Scottish independence: Kirk critical of debate
The debate on Scottish independence is focused on “political point-scoring” that is “turning people off”, the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council said today. The Church of Scotland plans to hold meetings around the country to discuss issues relating to the constitutional debate ahead of next year’s referendum. The General Assembly today overwhelmingly backed [...]
Unity: A plea to Kirk evangelicals from the Free Church
The following speech was given at tonight’s Free Church of Scotland General Assembly by Rev Dr Iain D Campbell, convener of the Ecumenical Relations Committee. We are not your enemies, we are your brothers My main concern is presenting this report tonight is to address the question of the Church of Scotland and the ramifications [...]
Elder applauded for impassioned speech against deadly tobacco
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland heard an impassioned speech about the harmful effects of smoking, from James Stuart, near namesake of James Stewart – James VI of Scotland and I of England. Over 400 years ago the king wrote a famous work: “A Counterblaste to Tobacco”. At 92 Mr Stewart is believed [...]
Kirk urges no evictions because of so-called bedroom tax
The Church of Scotland has urged that people should not be evicted from their homes because of the new changes to benefit regulations, the so-called ‘bedroom tax’. The Church and Society Council today agreed to lobby the Scottish Government to introduce legislation to prevent evictions because of the new rules which have recently been imposed [...]
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