Hamas has millions
Listening to Prime Minister’s Questions on 13 March, I was appalled to hear that we are sending £100 million to Gaza. In the light of the BBC’s own Panorama programme…
First female Bishop of London installed
The new Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, was installed as the Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral on 12 May. The 56-year-old former chief nursing officer is the first…
Anglicans to debate gay blessing
The Church of England is to consider whether to offer blessing ceremonies to same-sex couples. One of the five cathedrals singled out for the Reformation challenge was Hereford, whose bishop,…
Laity leader quits ‘heretical’ bishops’ council
Leading evangelical Lorna Ashworth has resigned from the Archbishops’ Council in protest at increasingly liberal attitudes on gay issues. One of only two representatives on Church of England’s governing body…
C of E bans gay therapy and approves transgender baptisms
‘Worried’ conservative Anglicans have appointed their own bishop The Church of England’s General Synod has voted against therapy for Christians with unwanted homosexual desires, and introduced ‘transgender baptisms’. Christian Concern’s…
THANKS TO DAWKINS, C OF E IS ‘DOWN TO ITS HARDCORE’ – AND GROWING
Professor Stephen Bullivant, whose new report suggests the Church of England is no longer shedding members The long decline in the Church of England may be over, according to a…
Downward spiral warning for Church
THE FUTURE OF THE Church of England looks bleak unless a downward spiral in membership is drastically reversed. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York gave the dire warning in a…
MPs support female bishops plan
THE FIRST FEMALE BISHOP could be appointed by the Church of England following approval by the House of Commons.
National news in brief
ONE OF US CAMPAIGN – SIGN BEFORE NOVEMBER The One of Us Campaign (a European Citizens’ Initiative) aims to ban European funding for any activity that damages or destroys the…