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May 2008

• £290k cash windfall for Church after painting sells for 10 times estimate
• Church leader in parliament
• Churches in water charge reprieve
• African minister at Bettyhill kirk
• Scottish Catholic Observer to relaunch
• Dr Alan T Auld
• Kirk Moderator: Faiths must work for peace, not conflict
• Church lashes out at record Scots abortion rate
• Golden jubilee for EK church
• SEC General Synod 2008 - agenda and papers
• Abortions in Tayside: 'shock' new figures
• Minister sacked over book about ex-colleague
• Kind, supportive Jean devoted her life to education
• Demand for change as Lothians abortion rate hits 50 a week
• Christian group angry over media's portrayal of Christians
• Congregation asked to pray for love rat referee
• Agnes Thomson
• Catholic church moves into Pole position
• Gran's Indian mercy mission
• Love rat referee keeps job as minister
• Vandals break historic stained-glass windows
• Homelessness groups biggest winners in £2.3m funding deal
• Glasgow Christians, Muslims renovate places of worship
• Call for General Assembly to meet outside of Capital
• Churches facing a timebomb over their insurance
• Church backs anti-casino stance
• Delegates fail to sway Kirk on nuclear disarmament
• Farewell to a Celtic legend
• Farewell to Tommy
• Church backs anti-casino stance
• Kirk criticises 'inhumane' treatment of asylum seekers
• Inside Holyrood: Lack of real debate rouses passions
• Kirk asked to reaffirm opposition to nuclear arms
• Devout Adam dedicated his life to repairing cars and people
• Father John Fitzsimmons
• Funeral of Tommy Burns
• Assembly votes for new post despite cost fears
• Shake-up to give churches more freedom over finances
• Tribute paid after retired priest dies
• Moderator offers some comfort to embattled leaders
• Jesuits call on Gordon Brown to return to Christian values
• BBC radio priest John Fitzsimmons dies at 68
• Pownal church bell dedicated to centenarian pastor
• Kirk considers allowing congregations to drop ministers
• Church 'manipulated' Brown on embryo bill
• Plan to drop age of consent rejected
• Preaching to the unconvertible [sic]
• Three quarters believe stealing from churches symptomatic of moral decline
• Did Thatcher get raw deal over her Sermon on the Mound?
• Brown reveals global moral vision
• Church of Scotland unites in Zimbabwe plea
• UK must oppose US threats to Iran, says Scottish church
• Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, to the Church of Scotland General Assembly
• Brown to deliver his own 'Sermon on the Mound'
• Tommy Burns
• Brown hands word down to assembly in Thatcher's wake
• Brown's assembly address: 'His audience recognises him as one of their own'
• Kirk's £1.5m fund to boost new approaches to church
• New East Kilbride minister is far travelled to his church
• George Reid takes up Royal role
• European churches increase commitment to social investment
• Islamic law 'to influence UK system'
• SCIAF launches emergency Myanmar appeal
• Prime Minister visits Finchley Synagogue
• Academic 'falls from grace' by stealing church records
• Mass celebrates anniversary at Murthly Castle
• Rebuttal: Sheilagh Kesting on church power
• Wendy and Douglas Alexander will always have each other at least
• Church of Scotland mediators to quell disputes
• Concerns as SNP say they have 'no plans' to continue to hold anti-sectarian summit
• Marshall: Let 13-year-olds have sex
• Church of Scotland membership slips to new low
• David Lunan: Just the man to lead a broad church
• Christian Research church attendance figures called into question
• Long-lost Scots from Argentina return to Leith to retrace roots
• UK guilty of 'hypocrisy' over Iran, says Scottish Church
• David Moyes: Keegan is right in a lot of ways - but I'm not going to accept it
• Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour
• PM praises Christians, endorses Global Day of Prayer
• Public life cannot be 'God-free', says cardinal
• Kirk issues 'call for help' on Burma
• Caring city needs more help or it will collapse
• Lending a compassionate ear - and some flip-flops
• Fury at plans for flats next to historic church
• Charities and churches slam water charges
• Scottish Bible Society seeks funds for conflict-ridden Congo
• Calls for reform as royal fiancee drops Catholicism
• Fears over Catholic archive fate