Trevor Grundy

Religion News Service

British Sex Abuse Inquiry to Focus on Churches, Politicians

The British government is launching a five-year inquiry to examine whether private and public institutions, including churches, failed to protect...

December 01, 2015

British Sex Abuse Inquiry to Focus on Churches, Politicians

Prime Minister David Cameron Unveils 5-Year Plan to Battle Muslim Extremists

British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that some young Muslims are drawn to extremism in the same way young Germans were attracted to...

Prime Minister David Cameron Unveils 5-Year Plan to Battle Muslim Extremists

British Muslims React to Cameron’s Call to Thwart ISIS among the Youth

A leading British Muslim on Friday rejected Prime Minister David Cameron’s demand that the community do more to thwart the appeal of the Islamic...

British Muslims React to Cameron’s Call to Thwart ISIS among the Youth

Nude Trekkers Atop Mount Kinabalu Deported for Offending Religious Sensibilities

A 23-year-old British backpacker who stripped naked and then urinated on a mountain held to be sacred by local villagers has been sentenced to...

Nude Trekkers Atop Mount Kinabalu Deported for Offending Religious Sensibilities

Ireland’s Gay Marriage Referendum a Sign of Roman Catholic Decline

On Friday (May 22), voters in this once deeply Roman Catholic country will decide whether the country’s constitution should be amended to allow for...

Ireland’s Gay Marriage Referendum a Sign of Roman Catholic Decline

2 Percent of English Ministers Say Humans Invented God

A new survey finds 16 percent of the Church of England’s licensed ministers are unclear about God, and 2 percent think God is a human construct.

October 29, 2014

2 Percent of English Ministers Say Humans Invented God

Kissing Corpses is Helping Spread Ebola, Expert Says

Touching or kissing the corpses of Ebola victims at funerals is helping to spread the deadly virus, according to one of the world’s top scientists.

September 29, 2014

Kissing Corpses is Helping Spread Ebola, Expert Says

Political Correctness about Muslims May Have Led UK Officials to Ignore Reports of Sex Abuse

Muslims have reacted with horror to a report revealing that 1,400 children were subjected to rapes, abductions and beatings by gangs of men, mostly...

August 29, 2014

Political Correctness about Muslims May Have Led UK Officials to Ignore Reports of Sex Abuse

Survey Finds British Children and Adults are Biblically Illiterate

Three out of 10 British children have next to no understanding of the Bible and their parents aren’t that knowledgeable, either.

February 10, 2014

Survey Finds British Children and Adults are Biblically Illiterate

Church of England's Bishops Defer Gay Marriage Decision

With little more than two months to go before Britain’s first same-sex marriage, the College of Bishops issued a statement saying that “no change”...

January 28, 2014

Church of England's Bishops Defer Gay Marriage Decision

Church of England’s Alternative Baptism Liturgy Drops Reference to Devil

The Church of England has been accused of “dumbing down” the baptism service following the introduction of an alternative liturgy in which excludes...

January 07, 2014

Church of England’s Alternative Baptism Liturgy Drops Reference to Devil

Two World-Class Libraries Launch Online Archive of Ancient Scriptures

The Vatican Library in Rome and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University have scanned and loaded the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient Hebrew,...

December 05, 2013

Two World-Class Libraries Launch Online Archive of Ancient Scriptures

Gender-Based Abortions Spark Outrage in England

A group of Christian lawyers plans to sue two medical doctors who have raised a storm of controversy for arranging the abortion of female fetuses...

October 11, 2013

Gender-Based Abortions Spark Outrage in England

Queen Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill in England, Wales

England and Wales became the 16th and 17th countries in the world to recognize gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave "royal assent" to a...

Queen Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill in England, Wales

European Court Says U.K. Equality Laws Trump Personal Religious Beliefs

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that equality laws trump personal religious beliefs, rejecting three of four appeals filed by...

January 16, 2013

European Court Says U.K. Equality Laws Trump Personal Religious Beliefs

Church of England Faces Backlash Over Rejecting Women Bishops

When the Church of England scuttled plans to allow women bishops on Nov. 20, incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called it "a very grim...

November 29, 2012

Church of England Faces Backlash Over Rejecting Women Bishops

Church of England Rejects Women Bishops

In a surprise move that shocked both sides of a years-long debate, the Church of England on Tuesday rejected an expected move to allow women...

November 21, 2012

Church of England Rejects Women Bishops

Britain Starts Talks on Legalizing Gay Marriage

The British government has launched a 12-week consultation that is widely expected to lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Britain Starts Talks on Legalizing Gay Marriage