O Lord, to comfort and succour all them, who
in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow,
need, sickness, or any other adversity.
Communion Service
News & Views

BELOW you can find some news stories selected from the newspapers and from blogs. At the foot of the list (here) you can find the latest Headlines from Sky News.
Thursday 11th March, 2010
Parents viewed the country as an unhealthy place where young people would be more likely to spend more time watching TV and playing computer games.
Daily Mail (March 11)

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has intervened in the debate on celibacy and clerical sex abuse.
Ruth Gledhill (March 11)
Related to this story: Richard Hooker on clerical marriage

This wide definition criminalises behaviour that is not illegal, and at the same time trivialises crime.
Ed West (March 11)
Related to this story: BBC: Man, 64, collapses and dies after ‘abuse from youths’

Health Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday said he wanted to see those with bigger houses pay more to provide for the old.
Daily Mail (March 11)

An environmental health investigation is underway into claims that incense burnt during church services is making members of the congregation ill.
Telegraph (March 11)
Related to this story: Diary: Altars, incense and our daily sacrifice

A Catholic priest has apologised for joking during a sermon that true marriage can only be between Adam and Eve - not “Adam and Steve”.
Telegraph (March 11)
Related to this story: Extracts on Marriage

A shock United Nations report has found that much of the £340million aid sent to Somalia ends up in the hands of corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local United Nations staff.
Daily Mail (March 10)
Related to this story: Extracts on Charity

In an apparent bid to woo old school Tory voters, Mr Clegg said his party’s economic policies were more in tune with Lady Thatcher’s than those of David Cameron.
Daily Mail (March 10)
Related to this story: Extracts by Margaret Thatcher

But the campaign for pan-European taxation is only just beginning. It’s time for a European Tea Party.
Daniel Hannan MEP (March 10)

One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism.
John Redwood MP (March 10)

Although Democrats back abortion, they, too, have been moving slightly in a pro-life direction recently.
Life News (March 10)
Related to this story: Extracts on Abortion

Digital billboard targets consumers using customised advertising based on their demographics.
Telegraph (March 10)

Please sit down and read this whole story. Our God of mystery has outdone Himself this time!
LifeSiteNews (March 9)

Two British soldiers killed on the same day in Afghanistan have been named as Cpl Stephen Thompson and L/Cpl Tom Keogh.
Telegraph (March 9)

Patients’ confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge.
Telegraph (March 9)

The pope praised Ugandan bishops for defending the sacredness of human life and the family.
LifeSiteNews (March 9)
Related to this story: Extracts on Charity

Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 500 people in a revenge attack following religious clashes near Nigeria’s city of Jos.
Daily Mail (March 9)

Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the marginal seats that will determine the outcome of the general election.
Times Online (March 9)

A leading Roman Catholic theologian has linked clerical sex abuse with priestly celibacy, blaming the Church’s “uptight” views on sex for child abuse scandals.
Times Online (March 9)

That's 102 more lives spared - over the last week. Here are just a few of those miracles.
LifeSiteNews (March 9)

Ghastly though Margaret Sanger was, she was an angel next to Britain’s Marie Stopes, voted “Woman of the Millennium” by Guardian readers in 1999.
Ed West (March 9)

Recently I was keen and happy to support Bill Cash’s proposed legislation to “reassert UK Parliamentary sovereignty.”
John Redwood MP (March 9)

Already, 4bn flyers, leaflets and fast food menus are placed in letterboxes each year, but that figure is set to skyrocket thanks to the agreement.
Daily Mail (March 9)

Have you ever wondered why the eco-lobby is so pro-EU? Now you have your answer.
Daniel Hannan MEP (March 9)

Sky News Headlines
UNDOUBTEDLY we all see situations and circumstances that upset us a great deal. We all see poverty, we see children being maltreated, we see pollution and bad conditions in inner cities. It is in the answer to those problems where we differ. Those on the socialist side say they can be met only by increased state action. We say that the powers of government are limited, and that many needs can be met in considerable measure by private action and the acceptance of personal responsibility. We know that if the state does everything for you, it can only do so by taking everything away from you.
Margaret Thatcher (1925-) (Religion & Liberty 2:4 (1992))
