GB: General Synod: Will women bishops happen this time?
Ending nearly a century of debate, the Church of England is expected finally to vote to consecrate women bishops when the General Synod meets in York today (Monday). The vote comes after earlier...
View ArticleWorld: Over 28 million people need humanitarian aid in the Middle East, warns...
Oxfam has warned that the Middle East “sits on a precipice”, with nearly 30 million people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. With ongoing crises in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and...
View ArticleGB: Lambeth Conference in jeopardy over homosexuality row
The next Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of more than 600 Anglican bishops from around the world, is in jeopardy because of the row over homosexuality that is dividing the Church. The...
View ArticleGB: Linda Woodhead: The Church of England is on its last chance
The Church of England is on its “last chance” and must make some hard decisions about clergy and parishes if it is to have a future, according to a leading academic. Linda Woodhead, professor in...
View ArticleF/EUR: Pope Francis on migration: ‘We cannot allow the Mediterranean to...
Pope Francis has today called for a “united response” to the arrival of migrants in Europe, and urged for immediate action to increase protections. Speaking before the European Parliament in...
View ArticleFIN: Mass resignations from Finnish Lutheran Church over same-sex marriages
Finland’s Evangelical Lutheran Church has been hit by a wave of resignations in connection to its Archbishop’s open support for same-sex marriage, according to the YLE news service. The country’s...
View ArticleGB: World first as three-parent IVF procedure passes crucial Lords vote
Britain will become the first nation to legalise a “three-parent” IVF technique which doctors say can prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics – including Churches – fear will...
View ArticleGB: Possible ‘parallel Anglican church’ set to highlight divisions
Conservative evangelical archbishops, bishops and other church leaders from around the world are meeting in the UK this week to discuss whether to back a parallel Anglican church in this country. The...
View ArticleIRE: Church of Ireland ‘might as well close’ if it can’t stop decline, says...
Only 15 per cent of Irish Anglicans attend church on Sundays – and unless the situation improves, “we may as well close the doors now”, according to the leader of the Church of Ireland. Speaking at the...
View ArticleGB: Abolish religious assemblies in schools, says new report
Religious assemblies in schools should be abolished, a new report says today. A radical reform of the relationship between religion and schools is called for in the report by former education secretary...
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