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Prison sentencing reforms ‘pander to public opinion’, Bishop of Gloucester warns peers
PROPOSED changes to prison sentences are driven by politics and “pandering to public opinion”, and fail to look at the bigger, longer-term picture, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, has said.She was…
Theological paper throws light on Bishops’ vote on blessings for same-sex couples
A WARNING that the Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF) may have “a considerable unintended symbolic and theological impact” is among the cautionary notes sounded in a paper produced by the Faith and Order Commission (FAOC) to…
Government urged to address hidden poverty in Cornwall
RURAL and coastal communities continue to be disadvantaged by the Government’s use of urban-led funding formulas, research primarily funded by the diocese of Truro warns.The report on social and economic equality, The Pretty…
Eastbourne hopes homes will be built where ‘little cathedral’ was demolished
TWENTY-THREE years since the closure of St Elisabeth’s, Eastbourne, there are hopes that housing will be built on the site where the church was demolished in 2021. The church, once described in the Church Times as “a little…
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St Mary’s, Baldock, translated to Gotham CityST MARY’s, Baldock, in Hertfordshire, appears in a new Batman comic, Second Knight, as part of a 1940s war-torn Gotham City by the artist Mike Perkins. The churchyard and hall of…
Court hearing on ban on administrative centre of Ukrainian Orthodox Church is postponed
A COURT hearing about the ban on the administrative centre of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which, Ukrainian authorities argue, remains tied to the Moscow Patriarchate, has been postponed once again. It was originally…
Church foodbanks hit by government shutdown
CHURCH foodbanks in the United States are facing huge demand in the wake of the government shutdown caused by political disagreements over the federal budget.About 1.4 million federal workers have been furloughed or working…
Episcopal Church in US omits annual membership count after questionnaire confusion
CONFUSION over a parish questionnaire has resulted in the omission of the annual membership count from the 2024 annual report of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Other data suggest that numbers have continued to…
Chicago worshippers given whistles to sound alert should immigrations officers appear
WORSHIPPERS at a confirmation service in Chicago were issued with whistles to blow if they saw Immigrations, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers. In response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the emergency…
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