Anne Thomas

• Nightclub's Pope flyer banned as offensive to Poles and Catholics

  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said that a promotional nightclub flyer should be removed as it is offensive to Catholics and Poles.

• Churches highlight new evidence on problem gambling

  The Commons Delegated Legislative Committee has reviewed Government proposals to double the stake and the prize money for pub gambling machines. For the first time ever, this would increase the levels of prize money available to casual gamblers to above the level of weekly benefits.

• Churches dismiss BNP’s Jesus election poster

  Three British Churches have dismissed a new advertising campaign to be launched by the BNP featuring Jesus and his teaching on persecution.

• N Ireland Catholics to announce education transfer plans

  The Northern Irish Catholic Commission on Education says it will announce its plans for transferring primary school students to the next level of education at a later date.

• Archbishop warns against embracing secularism

  A leading Catholic clergyman has said that Britain has increasingly abandoned spiritual and moral principles in favour of secularism and warned that such a change had damaged social cohesion.

• New BNP advertising campaign to feature Jesus Christ

  The BNP is to launch a new advertising campaign featuring Jesus Christ and his teaching on persecution.

• Bishop of Leeds tipped to replace Cardinal Murpy-O'Connor

  The Rt Rev Arthur Roche has been tipped to become the successor to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor as head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.

• Council worker suspended for urging sick woman to turn to God

  A Christian council worker has been suspended from his work after encouraging a terminally ill woman to turn to God.

• CSW decries passing of UN defamation resolution

  Christian Solidarity Worldwide has decried the passing of a United Nations resolution it warns could be abused by some countries to silence religious communities.

• Church group assists as crisis deepens in Eritrea

  Eritrea is on the brink of famine and thousands of people are flooding across its borders to escape starvation and persecution, reports Aid to the Church in Need.

• Priest condemns nightclub 'mockery' of Crucifixion

  An Irish Catholic priest has condemned as “blasphemous” a plan by a Wexford nightclub to hold a mock crucifixion of Jesus at a party during the Easter weekend.

• Future monarch may be allowed to marry Catholic

  Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Buckingham Palace have been engaged in discussions over abolishing the Act of Settlement and ending the ban on a monarch marrying a Catholic.