Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious organisations each year. Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah's Witnesses will be eligible for the funds, according to a bill approved by the Italian cabinet in May and awaiting approval by parliament. […]
An new opinion poll published in the Tablet magazine shows a massive indifference to the popes visit to the UK with only 25% actively supporting it. […]
The Scottish News of the World reported has reported that it had seen a secret security blueprint for the papal visit to Scotland revealing that up to 6,000 police officers from the Strathclyde and the Lothian and Borders forces will be on duty as well as thousands of private security guards that will have to be specially drafted in. […]
All seats were taken at Wednesdays debate arranged by the Protest the Pope campaign at Conway Hall. Along with the big audience was a large representation from the media who had come to hear Peter Tatchell and A.C. Grayling defend the motion The Popes visit should not be a state visit against Catholic journalist Austen Ivereigh and Fr Christopher Jamison […]
Efforts by the National Secular Society to find out how much is to be spent on securing the pope on his visit to the United Kingdom have resulted in a lot of stonewalling and even a refusal to give information. […]
The BBC has this week announced that it plans saturation coverage of the Popes visit with twelve and a half hours of pope adulation on BBC1 and BBC2, with Radio 4, Radio 5 Live and other BBC TV, radio and online services adding more hours to the overkill. […]
In an effort to increase the take-up on his free schools idea, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, may drop planned restrictions on religious groups being able to take part in the early wave of schools. Mr Gove had introduced the restriction fearing that, otherwise, free schools would become synonymous with faith schools as more and more religious b […]
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, has high hopes for the Popes visit to the UK next month. He even thinks it can stop the secularisation of society by demonstrating that religious faith is a gift rather than a problem. […]
The Church of England is continuing to press the BBC to appoint a religion editor to ensure that the Corporations religious output is what it calls a trusted guide for people of faith and those without. […]
Terry Sanderson on the emergence of the truth that the state, the police and the Church colluded in the cover up of Catholic priest Fr. Chesneys involvement in the Claudy bombing of 1972 […]
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Hi, quite a salutory video, nicely done. The obvious answer to economic injustice is for rich Western nations (like USA) to bring their trade barriers down. In doing so under-developed countires will then be able to increase their markets in the West and slowly improve their living standards – however that will then give the appearance of more injustice – until in the long term Globalisation has its full effect of level out the (rich) North / (poor) South divide.
If USA and Europe continue with trade barriers the injustice will only get worse and worse!
mikereflects
September 18th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
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March 1st, 2009 at 9:50 am
Hi, quite a salutory video, nicely done. The obvious answer to economic injustice is for rich Western nations (like USA) to bring their trade barriers down. In doing so under-developed countires will then be able to increase their markets in the West and slowly improve their living standards – however that will then give the appearance of more injustice – until in the long term Globalisation has its full effect of level out the (rich) North / (poor) South divide.
If USA and Europe continue with trade barriers the injustice will only get worse and worse!
mikereflects