WE most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness,
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
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
❖ Britain voted worst place in developed world to bring up children (while Australia is the best)
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)
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)
❖ Roman Catholic priests: ‘Wise or Foolish Virgins?’
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
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
❖ Let’s abolish the phrase ‘anti-social behaviour’
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’
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’
❖ Millions face 10% death tax: Middle class hit hardest by Labour plan to fund elderly care
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)
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)
❖ Incense burnt in church services ‘causing illness in congregation’
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
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
❖ Priest apologises for joking that marriage is not for ‘Adam and Steve’
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 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
❖ Up to half the food aid sent to hungry millions in Somalia ‘never makes it to those in need’
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
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
❖ My admiration for Margaret Thatcher, by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg
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
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
❖ MEPs vote overwhelmingly for an EU Tobin Tax
But the campaign for pan-European taxation is only just beginning. It’s time for a European Tea Party.
Daniel Hannan MEP (March 10)
But the campaign for pan-European taxation is only just beginning. It’s time for a European Tea Party.
Daniel Hannan MEP (March 10)
❖ Have the Conservatives changed enough?
One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism.
John Redwood MP (March 10)
One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism.
John Redwood MP (March 10)
❖ Gallup Polling Shows Republicans Now Strongly Pro-Life, Democrats Back Abortion
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
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
❖ ‘Minority Report’ digital billboard ‘watches consumers shop’
Digital billboard targets consumers using customised advertising based on their demographics.
Telegraph (March 10)
Digital billboard targets consumers using customised advertising based on their demographics.
Telegraph (March 10)
❖ Unbelievable Coincidence Saves Baby from Abortion in Indianapolis
Please sit down and read this whole story. Our God of mystery has outdone Himself this time!
LifeSiteNews (March 9)
Please sit down and read this whole story. Our God of mystery has outdone Himself this time!
LifeSiteNews (March 9)
❖ Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan on same day named
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)
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’ medical records go online without consent
Patients’ confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge.
Telegraph (March 9)
Patients’ confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge.
Telegraph (March 9)
❖ Care for the Poor is the Work of Individuals, not the State: Pope Benedict
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
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
❖ Hundreds of Nigerians slaughtered in machete ‘revenge’ attacks are buried in mass graves
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)
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 Tories neck and neck in marginals
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)
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)
❖ Father Hans Kung blames Catholic views on sex for clerical child abuse
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)
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)
❖ Day 20 of 40 Days: 209 Babies Saved from Abortion
That's 102 more lives spared - over the last week. Here are just a few of those miracles.
LifeSiteNews (March 9)
That's 102 more lives spared - over the last week. Here are just a few of those miracles.
LifeSiteNews (March 9)
❖ Black women are more likely to have abortions than white women. Guardian icon Marie Stopes would be pleased
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)
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)
❖ Reassert Parliamentary sovereignty
Recently I was keen and happy to support Bill Cash’s proposed legislation to “reassert UK Parliamentary sovereignty.”
John Redwood MP (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)
❖ Sea of junk mail is coming, as Royal Mail and union end long-running standoff
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)
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)
❖ Green pressure groups get €66 million from the EU
Have you ever wondered why the eco-lobby is so pro-EU? Now you have your answer.
Daniel Hannan MEP (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))
