Raj Gupta December 21st, 2011 Every Parish Council has been there: you need a new stove. And when time comes for the discussion, everyone has an opinion about what type of stove should be bought. For most, their opinion is formulated from a friend of a friend of a ….. Half an hour later, there [...]

Having trawled through the Christmas messages of leading Church figures, there was only one glimmer of light; only one person used the occasion of the birth of the Son of God to communicate joy to the world. And it wasn’t a cleric in a pulpit. After the Prime Minister had issued his challenge to the [...]

From Jihadwatch This case demonstrates one of the many problems with curtailing “offensive” free speech and criminalizing hurt feelings. Simply expressing a belief at variance with Islam can be seized upon as “blasphemy,” or as “offending religious sentiments,” and simply being visible in daily life as an adherent of a non-Islamic faith can be seized [...]

By Norman Russell This book (Latimer Trust, 2011) was commissioned by a group of conservative evangelical members of the General Synod of the Church of England with support from prominent traditional catholics who believe that the theological issues surrounding the consecration of women as bishops have not yet been adequately examined. It is hoped that it [...]

By Ed Thornton, Church Times CHRISTMAS sermons expressed concern at social divisions; and the Queen’s broadcast focused on the reconciliatory power of forgiveness. The Archbishop of Canterbury, preaching in Canterbury Cathedral on Christmas Day, spoke of a society where “bonds have been broken, trust abused and lost”. Society was “much the poorer” for forgetting the [...]

With Apologies to C.S. Lewis By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org My dear Wormwood, It is hard not to imagine the enormous damage this Jefferts Schori woman is doing to her church and faith. I doubt we could have come up with someone like her – a woman who spent most of her early life examining [...]

Left: Boko Haram From The Revd Hassan John, Head of the Media Department of the Anglican Diocese of Jos. The Blast occured at about 10:30 am on Christmas Day. The Islamic Boko Haram terrorist sect, who later claimed responsibility, targeted the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry along Murtala Mohammed way in Jos. There were [...]

By George Conger, CEN The American Episcopal Church’s support for gay bishops and blessings has led the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) to ban Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori from visiting the church. The dis-invitation to Bishop Jefferts Schori follows a vote by the ECS House of Bishops last month to swap its recognition [...]

  Church of England Newspaper December 12 Relationships Sir, Dr de Pomerai’s letter (9 December) highlights the “glaring omission” from the Lambeth 2008 book The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality of any discussion of psychosocial factors that may contribute to homosexuality. The House of Bishops plans to produce a consultation document on same-sex relationships in 2013. [...]

  By Tim Walker, Telegraph The Queen has appointed an outspoken critic of women bishops to be her new chaplain. As the Church of England’s General Synod prepares to give final approval to the appointment of women bishops, opponents of the move have been given a morale boost. Mandrake can disclose that the Queen has [...]