Today is, truly, a day for great celebration. The first of three such celebrations that will take place this Autumn. I am sure that all of us here this evening felt that we were participating in something truly historic - we are all very grateful to the Church of Norway for their splendid hospitality here in Trondheim and for the wonderful service in which we have all just shared.
01 September 1996
A Kuwaiti convert to Christianity, Robert Hussein, fears for his life after an Islamic court branded him an 'apostate'. Mr Hussein received death treats after speaking publicly about his conversion and was convicted by an Islamic court in in June of being an apostate who, under shari'a law, 'should be killed'.
26 July 1996
The nursery class at St Luke's Church of England School in Wolverhampton was attacked by a man on Monday 8 July. Children in the area had been invited to attend a "teddy bears' picnic" party at the school.
26 July 1996
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr George Carey, has asked the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr Brandon Jackson, and Canon Rex Davis, the Sub-Dean, to resign following years of bitter and public feuding.
26 July 1996
Church leaders have failed to soften the British Government's Asylum and Immigration Bill. Despite an amendment passed in the House of Lords on 1 July with the backing of several bishops to soften the bill, this amendment was overturned by the House of Commons.
26 July 1996
The UK's leading overseas aid and environmental agencies have formed a new alliance in a new campaign to support overseas aid. They launched a `Manifesto for Aid' in July which has attracted the support from a powerful alliance of business, the medical establishment, trade unions and academic.
26 July 1996
An Anglican/Methodist Group co-chaired by the Bishop of Grimsby, the Rt Revd David Tustin, and the Secretary of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Brian Beck, have recommended that a new unity scheme for the two Churches should be attempted.
26 July 1996
Work is underway to produce a small collection of hymns from the Churches involved in the Porvoo Agreement to help in celebrating the Anglican and Lutheran traditions of northern Europe.
26 July 1996
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to initiate this debate. After reading some of what the newspapers have had to say about it, your Lordships must be wondering what to expect.
18 July 1996
A foundation, with support from the British royal family, has been established to help save some of Christianity's most precious manuscripts.
02 July 1996