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(Picture: Getty/iStock) I had a badge. You realize, the one for the Marketing campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. I used to be a devoted member of the anti-nuclear motion and wore my badge proudly. I sometimes wore it to political conferences the place it served as a reminder that I used to be “on the proper facet of historical past” and appropriately “progressive/socialist.” I haven't seen that badge, besides on outdated hippie vans, in years. It doesn't even register as an issue in our elections. However there's one other image, one other trigger that if you happen to don't help, you're…

Adam Smith-Connor was convicted of claiming a silent prayer within the buffer zone of an abortion clinic.(Photograph: ADF UK) Individuals who pray silently exterior abortion clinics usually are not essentially committing a criminal offense, the Crown Prosecution Service has mentioned. It revealed steering on new “protected entry zones” which got here into drive exterior abortion clinics on 31 October. The buffer zones create a 150m boundary round all clinics and hospitals providing abortion providers in England and Wales. They make it an offense to “affect or facilitate any particular person's resolution to entry an abortion clinic”, stop people…

Archbishop Steve Wooden(Picture: ACNA) Earlier than being elected the third Archbishop of the Church of England in North America, Steve Wooden was one of many first Covid-19 sufferers in america to be placed on a ventilator for 10 days in March 2020. Two years earlier, as bishop of the Carolinas and rector of St. Andrew's Church in Mount Nice, South Carolina, Wooden had watched his church constructing go up in flames. “I wouldn't commerce any of these experiences for the place I’m proper now as a result of God has been so terribly gracious to me via every one in…

(Picture: Your Native Pantry) Native church buildings throughout the UK are being requested to contemplate opening their very own native meals pantries in 2025 after a current report, Your Native Pantry's Locations Of Hope, discovered that pantries not solely save folks cash, however supply a variety of advantages to the area people, together with higher well being , lowering isolation and higher entry to different alternatives and providers. The Your Native Pantry community already has 121 pantries throughout the UK which have saved their members £10.5m over the previous two years, however the advantages go far past simply monetary. Analysis…

(Picture: Getty/iStock) The introduction of abortion clinic buffer zones in England and Wales has been described as a “tragic day for girls”. On Thursday, “protected entry zones” got here into impact exterior abortion clinics, criminalizing prayers and provides of sensible assist as much as 150 meters from the ability. The buffer zones had been launched by the Public Order Act 2023 after gaining majority assist in Parliament. In keeping with them, it’s “illegal for anybody to do something which willfully or recklessly influences somebody's choice to make use of abortion providers, prevents them from doing so or causes…

(Picture: Unsplash/Chris Montgomery) The Salvation Military has known as for specialist assist for alcoholics in Scotland after figures confirmed 1,277 individuals died of alcohol-related deaths final 12 months in 2023. Nationwide Information of Scotland launched the newest figures final month, September, which confirmed a rise of 1 demise in comparison with related figures (1,276 deaths) in 2023. The vast majority of deaths are male, with two-thirds being deaths. Dr Hannah Carver, from The Salvation Military Middle for Habit Companies and Analysis (SACASR) on the College of Stirling, mentioned alcohol consumption continues to hurt many individuals in Scotland and could be…

The late Minnesota missionary Beau Shroyer, 44, was killed whereas serving in Lubang, Angola.(Photograph: YouTube/Nation Religion Church) (CP) Beau Shroyer, a pastor and former police officer from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, who started working along with his spouse Jackie and 5 youngsters as missionaries in Lubang, Angola for SIM USA, was “killed whereas serving Jesus” final Friday, months after after his household raised considerations with the native church concerning the ongoing safety points they have been having on the mission. He was 44. “I obtained a name on Friday, October 25 that Beau Shroyer was killed whereas serving Jesus in Angola…

Bitch in Jerusalem.(Photograph: Irene Lancaster) Jewish tutorial and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster displays on a few of Judaism's sacred traditions amid present trials. On October 14, Manchester made historical past. This was the date Manchester Airport hosted the primary ever direct flight to Israel by an Israeli airline. On October 14, Arkia, a low-cost Israeli airline, flew a lot of pilgrims from Manchester and the north of England to Tel Aviv in a single day to benefit from the pageant of Sukkot within the Holy Land. Even the employees at Manchester Airport had been excited and a few mentioned they…

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(Photograph: Getty/iStock) The primary-ever World Day of Prayer for Media is being hailed as a “exceptional success” and a “highly effective 24-hour stay prayer expertise” after 1000’s of Christians world wide joined the occasion on Sunday. Greater than 2,000 folks joined the stay prayer marathon, logging in from greater than 25 nations – with the Philippines recording the best viewership. The occasion was attended by greater than 180 ladies and men concerned within the media, who defined their position and expressed their ardour to share the Christian gospel by media in all its kinds. Every led prayers with many contributing…