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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 982, Henry I, bishop of Augsburg passed away. In 1174, William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. In 1205, Hubert Walter, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1160) passed away. In 1357, Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (born 1313) passed away. In 1586, Anglo-Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. In 1807, Henry Benedict Stuart, Italian cardinal, pretender to the British throne and last member of the House of Stuart (born 1725) passed away. In 1830, The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. In 1849, The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion began in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. In 1979, Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer was born. In 1995, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (born 1920) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Church of England claims it MUST give away £100million in slavery handouts under its 'Christian duty'

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Church of England claims it MUST give away £100million in slavery handouts under its 'Christian duty'

The Church of England has insisted it has to give away £100million in slavery reparations payouts because it is its moral imperative as a Christian investor to do so.Church Commissioners, who run the Church's investment portfolio, say they are outraged by its links to the transatlantic slave trade, which Britain abolished in 1807, and its alleged ongoing effects on people today.And despite fierce opposition to the handouts, they are vowing to press ahead.Their initiative proposed establishing Project Spire, a fund for healing, repair and justice through the Charity Commission.But they are facing down a legal challenge, according to documents released before the General Synod.In December, 27 MPs and peers wrote to incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally, urging her to halt the fund. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say They argued the endowment is meant to be used to support parish ministry, maintaining its wealth of buildings, and historic records.The staggering nine-figure fund announced in 2023 responded to what was described as a historic pool of capital tainted by its involvement in African chattel enslavement.Queen Anne's Bounty, originally created to boost the income of poor clergy, invested in the South Sea Company in the 18th century - which traded in slaves.The fund also received many donations which may have come from people connected to slavery and plantations.Despite the huge sums of money involved, an independent oversight group concluded in 2024 that the fee was, in fact, not enough.The sum of £100million is very small compared to the scale of racial disadvantage originating in African chattel enslavement, it said.The group called on the Church to ramp up its handouts package tenfold to £1billion instead, calling the original timeframe too slow.When asked whether Project Spire had been abandoned, the Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, responded on behalf of the commissioners.He said: No. Project Spire has not been abandoned.He pointed to a United Nations vote in March which described the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.This further re-emphasises our moral imperative as a Christian, responsible investor to address the issue, he said.We continue to be outraged by our historic links to African chattel enslavement and our part in the responsibility for the enduring legacies of this abhorrent past that continue to affect the lives of people today.REPARATIONS UPROAR - READ MORE:Jamaica to demand massive slavery reparations payout directly from King CharlesDonald Trump 'proudly' withdraws US from UN body that pushes 'global DEI reparations agenda''Forget it!' Nigel Farage launches furious tirade against UN after Britain told to pay 'trillions' in slavery reparationsThe bishop said he had been expecting the legal challenge - and admitted it must be respected, considered in a disciplined manner, and factored into our planned timetable for progress.The December letter, led by Shadow Home Office Minister Katie Lam, challenged the evidential basis of Project Spire.Senior Tories Chris Philp, Claire Coutinho and Neil O'Brien also lent their signatures to the letter.They wrote: The Church has a long and complex historical record, one that includes both moral failures and courageous leadership in the abolitionist movement.To reduce this history to a simplistic narrative of guilt does a disservice both to truth and to the Church's own legacy.The MPs urged Dame Sarah to prioritise strengthening parishes rather than pursuing what they called high-profile and legally dubious vanity projects.They said this would reassure concerned worshippers, clergy and members of the public alike.But the Archbishop described the giveaways as an act of repentance for historic financial ties to the slave trade.Her words came after churchgoers vowed to stop donating to collection plates if their hard-earned cash went towards reparations.Some 81 per cent of respondents to a survey earlier this year said Church money should benefit local congregations rather than fund slavery payouts.When asked about spending priorities, 71 per cent favoured building repairs and maintenance, while 48 per cent supported funding regular services.Just 24 per cent believed historic injustice reparations should take precedence.The scheme was initially endorsed by the disgraced ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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Fark

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· Jul 1, 2026

Christian Brothers attempt to get out of paying out abuse victims by selling their properties to themselves for $1 each. If only there were some guiding book, telling people not to do wrong to other people [Followup]

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TRT World

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· Jun 21, 2026

African leaders demand reparations as slave trade horror recreated in Ghana

A vivid reenactment at Ghana's Christiansborg Castle brought the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade to life as African and Caribbean leaders endorsed a reparations framework seeking formal apologies, financial compensation, and accountability for slavery's lasting impact.

TheJournal.ie

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· Jun 23, 2026

Ivana Bacik: Religious orders must now be compelled to pay redress for child abuse

Appeals to Christian morality have not worked; it’s time these institutions paid their dues and were held to account.

Crikey

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· Jul 3, 2026

The Christian Brothers are crying poor to avoid paying abuse survivors. They have no social licence to exist

Despite transferring property worth millions to an associated entity for 1 each, the Christian Brothers have been granted a pause on paying abuse victims due to a lack of funds. The post The Christian Brothers are crying poor to avoid paying abuse survivors. They have no social licence to exist appeared first on Crikey.

Face2Face Africa

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· Jul 9, 2026

Church of Scotland Confronts Slavery’s Unfinished Legacy

The Church of Scotland has issued its first formal apology for its role in transatlantic slavery, acknowledging that its institutions, ministers, and financial assets benefited directly and indirectly from the slave economy over more than a century. The apology follows an 18-month internal investigation that traced links between church buildings, ministerial training, and wealth generated...

National Review

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· Jul 8, 2026

The Farage Watergate

How yes-men and shady money could bring down the face of Britain’s right.

Legit.ng

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· Jul 9, 2026

Christians sold into slavery in top northern state? Fact emerges

Fact-check has revealed true story behind the trending video claiming that Christians in Nigeria are being sold into slavery in some northern parts of the country.

ZENIT

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· Jun 23, 2026

The Vatican Rejects German Bishops’ Request to Allow Laypeople to Deliver Homilies: Here’s Why

Response from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to a request for an indulgence to allow a lay faithful to deliver the homily during Mass The post The Vatican Rejects German Bishops’ Request to Allow Laypeople to Deliver Homilies: Here’s Why appeared first on ZENIT - English.

Catholic World Report

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· Jun 23, 2026

Catholic religious community faces ‘inevitable’ end in Australia as it moves to settle abuse claims

Christian Brothers Oceania Province said its shameful and painful history of abuse has led it to sell off its assets in order to settle with victims. [...]

Knewz

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· Jun 24, 2026

Supreme Court blocks lawsuit by Rastafarian inmate over forced dreadlock cutting in prison, limits religious rights claims

The Supreme Court has shockingly declined the plea to uphold religious protections in prison. Former inmate Damon Landor sued the Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety after alleging that the prison staff forcibly cut his knee-length dreadlocks in 2020. He claimed he had grown the locks for more than 2 decades as part of...

Conservative Home

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· Jul 3, 2026

Rory Bremner: SEND help. The children we are failing and simply mustn’t anymore

Britain's reputation as a compassionate, fair and responsible nation depends not on the promises we make, but on whether we keep them for the children who need us most. The post Rory Bremner: SEND help. The children we are failing and simply mustn’t anymore appeared first on Conservative Home.

Quadrant Magazine

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· Jul 8, 2026

Spirituality and Modern Australian Fiction

Two things of which I'm certain: a nation that rejects its Christian foundation will go the way of Great Britain, and fiction that focuses on the spiritual consequences of individual lives can effect its redemption

SundayTimes

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· Jun 20, 2026

Shepherd Bushiri’s SA empire faces mounting asset-seizure threats

Creditors and the state are intensifying efforts to attach the assets of fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, six years after they fled South Africa while facing criminal charges.

NaturalNews.com

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· Jun 23, 2026

Report Alleges $315M Funneled to Israeli Military Through Fake Charities

(NaturalNews) Investigator Nathan Apffel alleged during an appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show that two financial schemes diverted American Christian donations ...

Irish Mirror

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· Jun 21, 2026

Fears as dozens of gardai redeployed for EU presidency

'It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul, and communities should not have to pay the price'

Nepal News

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· Jul 5, 2026

आइतबार सुनको मूल्य ४ सयले घट्यो

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Daily Mail

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· Jun 26, 2026

The shaming of Oxford: How the Guardian's ex-editor prostituted the university to solicit blood money from his friend, the orgy-loving Max Mosley - and proof the unrepentant racist's fortune came from Hitler, Europe's neo-Nazis and apartheid South Africa

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Independent Online

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· Jul 3, 2026

UK's forced adoptions | PM Starmer's apology to mothers coerced into losing their children

UK's forced adoptions | PM Starmer's apology to mothers coerced into losing their children

Times of India

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· Jul 2, 2026

'We didn't give them up': Survivors of UK's historical forced adoptions to get apology from Starmer

'We didn't give them up': Survivors of UK's historical forced adoptions to get apology from Starmer

Consortium News

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· Jun 22, 2026

Israel’s Surveillance of Christian Americans

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has paid millions of dollars for a covert, digital surveillance operation targeting Christians across multiple U.S. states, writes Alan MacCleod. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News If you are a Christian living in the Western United States,Read more

Irish News

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· Jun 28, 2026

Treasury should return tax on £1 gig ticket contributions, say industry bosses

It comes after the Government secured more than £1 million through VAT on contributions on tickets bought by concert attendees since last year.

Newfoundland Independent

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· Jun 25, 2026

St. John’s residents uncertain, concerned over Memorial University building sales on Signal Hill

Some wonder if a land deed potentially issued from the Catholic Church to the people of Signal Hill could carry some weight

Al Jazeera

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· Jul 2, 2026

UK’s Starmer apologises for the state’s role in decades of forced adoptions

UK government and Christian churches oversaw system that separated 185,000 babies from their mothers from 1949 to 1976.

The Root

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· Jun 25, 2026

Black Pastors Embracing the LGBTQ+ Community Is Not As Rare As Some Church People Think

As KevOnStage faces criticism over LGBTQ+ inclusion, affirming Black pastors explain why love and justice belong at the center of faith.

RTÉ News

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· Jun 23, 2026

Allister's Donaldson claims 'absolute nonsense' - UK govt

The British government has described claims that it may have used knowledge of Jeffrey Donaldson's sex offending as leverage in a deal to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland in 2024 as deeply distasteful and absolute nonsense.

Vatican News

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· Jul 9, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas seeks to protect Africa from new forms of slavery

Historian and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba Diocese in Tanzania, Method Kilaini, has spoken of his immense gratitude for Pope Leo’s moral courage in issuing the first papal apology for the Holy See’s role in legitimising the transatlantic slave trade as well as failing to condemn the forced enslavement of an estimated 10 to 12 million Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas where they laboured on plantations under brutal conditions. Read all

Borneo Bulletin

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· Jul 3, 2026

Building bonds through faith, fellowship

Building bonds through faith, fellowship

Ethereum on Medium

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· Jun 24, 2026

Inspired by Compassion: Giving Back to the Less Privileged

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Fox News

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· Jun 25, 2026

George Michael died worth $128M, but friends say he secretly gave away millions for decades: author

George Michael secretly donated millions to charities supporting children, nurses, refugees and AIDS causes, a new book reveals his hidden philanthropy.

The News Letter

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· Jun 23, 2026

Jeffrey Donaldson's 'audacity' in wearing symbol of Christianity to court - where he accused his victims of lying

​Jeffrey Donaldson’s “audacity” in wearing a Christian symbol on his lapel as he walked into court has been condemned in Stormont as MLAs paid tribute to the courage shown by victims of an “evil sexual predator”.

FaithWire

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· Jun 22, 2026

‘A Direct Assault on Christianity’: Steve Deace’s Spielberg ‘Disclosure Day’ WARNING

If that's not a statement, I don't know what is.

Utusan Malaysia

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· Jun 27, 2026

Kerajaan salur RM1.5 juta bantu akses guaman syariah golongan memerlukan

PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan menyediakan peruntukan sebanyak RM1.5 juta kepada Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM) bagi membantu golongan kurang berkemampuan mendapatkan representasi guaman serta pembelaan hak di mahkamah syariah. Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, peruntukan itu bertujuan memastikan akses kepada keadilan dapat dinikmati terutama golongan miskin dan ibu tunggal yang tidak mampu untuk mendapatkan khidmat ... Read more The post Kerajaan salur RM1.5 juta bantu akses guaman syariah golongan memerlukan appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 6, 2026

America should be proud of role in abolishing Transatlantic slave trade

Heritage Senior Advisor and Research Fellow Allen Mendenhall has urged Americans to be proud of their country’s role in abolishing the Transatlantic slave trade. “If you think that either slavery or the abuses under the civil rights movement are the only story America has to tell, of course you’re going to come away with a very negative history,” Mr Mendenhall told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “America has a wonderful history and, in particular in this area of slavery, I think America has a lot to be proud of. The West did not invent slavery, but it played a leading role in abolishing the Transatlantic slave trade and promoting worldwide abolition. “That was really Britain and America leading the way there.”

GB News

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· Jul 9, 2026

GB News Daily Reflection — Thursday 9th July 2026

In today's GB News Daily Reflection, we remember that what binds us to one another is meant to feel light, not because it demands nothing, but because love changes the nature of what we carry. Love. Lighten the load. In other words, the apostle Paul put it really plainly in Galatians Chapter Six, he said, carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. Christians believe Jesus was the ultimate one who stepped in to carry the load of humanity, weighed down by the mess of our own choices, to carry our greatest burdens all the way to the cross and the grave. So the way of life following Christ is not selfishness, but self-giving love that is willing to share others burdens. Now imagine if that became the operating system of our lives and our communities and our world.WATCH ABOVE. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

The Independent

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· Jul 10, 2026

Church of England forced to defend World Cup ‘hand of God’ prayer

The prayer was widely mocked online

Real Clear Politics

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· Jul 4, 2026

Vance: Christianity Can Help Overcome Divisions

Secularism has divided the nation, the vice president says.

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 12, 2026

Prince Harry’s Family Soap Opera Could Deepen Royal Rift

Heathcliff O'Malley / via REUTERSWhy has the king of England just handed the wayward Sussexes the biggest prize of their six-year campaign for family rehabilitation, on their terms, in exchange for precisely nothing?“Blood is blood,” says The Sunday Times of London by way of explanation. As the private sentiment of a 77-year-old grandfather still undergoing cancer treatment, who had not seen two of his grandchildren in more than four years, this is a touching phrase. As the strategic rationale of a head of state, it is hopelessly inadequate. The same Sunday Times piece also supplies all the evidence that this was a huge mistake by the king.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Watchdog Report

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· Jun 25, 2026

Felon Donor Scores Lincoln Memorial Deal

A felonious Trump donor just landed a 1.7 million no-bid contract at one of America’s most sacred sites, and the federal story behind it should make every taxpayer stop and stare. Story Snapshot A company tied to convicted felon and Trump donor John J. Cafaro won a 1.7 million no-bid deal to fix the Lincoln []

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