Dunbar minister’s tribute to ‘wonderful wife’ – Kirk Guild secretary Alison Twaddle
A long-serving minister has paid tribute to his “wonderfully well-loved” wife – who was General Secretary of the the Church of Scotland Guild for 13 years until 2011 – after she lost her fight against cancer. Alison Twaddle passed away last Thursday, aged 63, having lived with cancer for four years. Mrs Twaddle, whose husband [...]
‘Vatican insider’ could fill Keith O’Brien post
The Vatican may parachute in a Scots diplomat as the new Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh with orders to clean up the troubled diocese in the wake of the scandal surrounding Cardinal Keith O’Brien. Monsignor Leo Cushley, a priest from the Motherwell diocese who is currently working in the Vatican with its secretariat of [...]
Academics lose battle to prevent break-up of historical Catholic archive
A year-long battle by Scottish academics to prevent a priceless Catholic archive from being dispersed appears to have been lost. Next month the historic collection of up to a million religious books, manuscripts and letters — including some written by Mary, Queen of Scots, and others dating back to the Reformation — is due to [...]
Devout Christian awarded £100k in Blu-Tack sexual harassment case
A council has been forced to pay a devout Christian more than £100,000 after colleagues stuck mini models of male genitalia made of Blu-Tack on her telephone. Devout Christian Margaret Malcolm, 56, complained that male colleagues at Baldragon Academy, Dundee, also scribbled doodles of penises on drawings she had done for her Brownie pack in [...]
Bishops and Church leaders call on Government ministers to apologise to the poor
An alliance of Churches representing Christians from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland has written to the Prime Minister asking for an apology on behalf of the Government for misrepresenting the poor. Church leaders, including the Church of Scotland’s Rev Sally Foster-Fulton and the Very Rev Ian Barcroft of the Scottish Episcopal Church, pointed out that [...]
Coronation service rich in symbol recalls crowning of ‘history’s bride’
St Edward’s Crown sat sparkling in the centre of the high altar of Westminster Abbey as the visual focus of a service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, on Tuesday. Away from the Tower of London for the first time since 1953, and joined by the Ampulla – the ornamental gold eagle [...]
Church of Scotland ministers concerned that cost of burial in South Lanarkshire is almost £2000
The cost of burying a loved one in South Lanarkshire is almost £2000 – a price tag which has been slammed as unacceptable. The Church of Scotland have agreed to investigate the high prices which relate to grave burials and are considerably higher than cremations. To purchase a lair in South Lanarkshire is £1120 plus [...]
Nuncio: Changes at top of Scottish Church to start this month
The Catholic Church in Scotland is preparing for sweeping changes following the departure of Bishop Joseph Devine of Motherwell and with the appointment of a new Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh expected this month. The Vatican accepted the resignation of Bishop Devine last week, before a permanent replacement had been found, leaving the Church [...]
Obituary: Rev John Miller Scott
Minister of St Andrew’s Church in Jerusalem; Born: August 14, 1922; Died: May 15, 2013. The Rev John Miller Scott, who has died aged 90, was minister of Crown Court Church in London and of St Andrew’s Church in Jerusalem, which looks across the Valley of Hinnom to the walls of the old city. —– [...]
Scots head teachers urged not to let US Christian sex expert speak to their kids after shocked pupil required therapy
Scots head teachers have been urged not to let a hardline US Christian sex campaigner talk to their kids. Pamela Stenzel, a favourite of the US religious right [sic] – spoke to up to 200 pupils from several schools in a seminar at Catholic St Andrew’s Academy in Paisley. But it’s claimed one pupil who [...]
Glasgow Churches Together
- Salvation Army’s General Linda Bond stands down
- Archbishop of Canterbury calls on banks to be motivated by virtue
- Vacancy: National Director – CARE for Scotland. Full time, £28k
- Food banks now a lifeline for half a million people in Britain
- Founder of Street Pastors to tour projects in Scottish towns and cities