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Thursday 11 June 2009
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This torture will continue until the Catholic Church is denied institutional access to children
Reactions from the Catholic Church to the Irish child abuse report have verged on the insulting. When one reads the so-called expressions of regret from the perpetrators of these atrocities, it isn’t difficult to understand the palpable fury of those victims who came to make a stand.
Take this (...)
Thursday 11 June 2009
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Finnish website has helped 150,000 resign from the Church
The Freethinkers of Finland have enabled more than 150,000 people to officially resign from the Lutheran Church in a campaign that has gone from strength to strength.
The Freethinkers set up a website "Eroakirkosta" which roughly translates as "leave-the-church".
A Freedom of Religion law (...)
Thursday 11 June 2009
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CofE intends rapid expansion of "faith school" programme and a sharp increase in proselytising
The Church of England has announced that it plans a "rapid expansion" of the number of its schools in the state sector. To smooth the passage of this self-serving grab of public money for proselytising, the CofE has launched a new website justifying its escalating involvement in schools and the (...)
Thursday 11 June 2009
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Child abuse in Ireland
20 May 2009
Child abuse in Ireland – background briefing on wider context
Briefing
NO EMBARGO
Child abuse in Ireland - Vatican unrepentant and still covering up worldwide
The Vatican
The report on the child abuse scandal in Ireland lifts only one corner of a blanket cover-up that reaches (...)
mardi 5 mai 2009
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Secularism and the NSS
Council member DAN BYE explores the many facets of secularism
In recent weeks, correspondents to Newsline have been debating the meaning of secularism and the ’correct’ stance towards religion. It’s not a new debate : these questions have been hotly disputed ever since G J Holyoake coined the (...)
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