Erstwhile rock singer Courtney Love is being sued for messages she sent via that nasty new “social networking” tool Twitter.
Fans of Twitter say its beauty is that it allows users to upload their thoughts as and when they think of them. This can be a serious disadvantage for those of a belligerent disposition. Ms Love’s [...]

Susie, an American woman in Saudi Arabia, has made the shocking discovery that vice cops with the Committee for the Protection of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CVPVP) censor CD covers. She recently bought her son a copy of Kate Perry’s One of the Boys.
When he opened up the CD, we were both astonished [...]

Traditional parenting that emphasises parental authority, discipline, and high expectations, is most likely to lead to well-adjusted children, according to researchers from London’s Institute of Education.
The best parenting was characterised by high expectations that children would act with the maturity befitting their age. Supervision and discipline was also key, as was responsiveness to children’s needs.
‘Multiple [...]

Over a year ago in Guelendeng, southern Chad, a 14-year-old girl named Mariam was forced by her father to marry a 60-year-old man. Mariam tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
“After the wedding, my husband told me he wanted me to sleep at [...]

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, one of the Church of England’s most outspoken leaders, has unexpectedly announced his retirement as Bishop of Rochester, effective 1 September. He will turn 60 in August and could have remained in office for another ten years. Instead, he now plans to minister to Christians in Muslim-majority nations who face [...]

The collect for today, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, commonly called Passion Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: [...]