Buckfast monks should be stripped of charitable status over ‘dangerous’ tonic...
Campaigners are calling for monks who make a controversial alcoholic drink to be stripped of their charitable status. The National Secular Society – which works to challenge religious privilege – says...
View ArticleHolyrood handed petition to scrap blasphemy laws
A new Holyrood bid to scrap Scotland’s centuries old laws on blasphemy has been launched amid fears the country is being left behind the rest of the UK and other European nations. A petition lodged...
View ArticleSexbots could increase objectification of women and children, warns Salvation...
Last week, a report about sex robots warned about the ‘dark side’ of the technology, which could involve issues of rape and paedophilia. And now The Salvation Army has had its say on the controversial...
View ArticleSecularist leader on Orange Order and Benedictines’ Buckfast: ‘a delicious...
Letter to the Sunday Herald, 9 July 2017: Peter Swindon’s report (Bloodshed, drunkenness and triumphalism: the Orange Order on the streets of Scotland, Eyewitness, July 2) on the Orange Order parades...
View ArticleFormer Kirk moderator hits out over “astonishing” delay in abuse response...
The Catholic Church has been accused of failing to establish contact with victims of historic child abuse as it pledged to do in response to an independent review. The Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan,...
View Article‘Sickness has infected the Catholic church in Scotland: Not an ounce of...
The dawn of the new year brought with it an old tale with some familiar themes for the Catholic church in Scotland, writes Kevin McKenna in the Guardian. These included an attitude towards some of its...
View ArticleBuckfast sales hit record high with monks raking in £43million from the tonic...
Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine have raked in more than £43 million in the past year, new figures have revealed. Sales of the caffeine-fuelled wine rose three per cent, from £41.9million to a record...
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Cambuslang priest set to return after being cleared by church probe into sex...
Parishioners at St Bride’s in Cambuslang have expressed their delight at the possible return to the parish of Father Paul Morton. The Catholic Church confirmed last week it had completed its...
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‘Nationally important’ church spray-painted by vandals
St Bridget’s Kirk, Dalgety A 12th century church has been targeted by vandals. St Bridget’s Kirk, Dalgety, was spray painted in the latest attack, as a national heritage charity has called residents...
View ArticleWatch CCTV footage released after church is robbed twice in two days
A Barrhead church has released a video of the shocking moment two burglars attempt to prise open its front doors. St John’s Church on Aurs Road is sharing the images in an attempt to aid Police...
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