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Bishop of Southwark expresses doubts over assisted-dying Bill
THE Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, was among the speakers who last week expressed further doubts over the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when it was debated in the House of Lords. Bishop…
Together Alliance protests against Christian nationalism in London march
MORE than 1000 Christians and people of other faiths marched against so-called Christian nationalism in a demonstration through London on Saturday organised by the Together Alliance. The Bishop of Croydon, Dr Rosemarie…
Radio review: PM, and Moral Maze
COVERAGE of the new Archbishop of Canterbury’s enthronement (News, 27 March) was perfunctory on most of Wednesday’s BBC news bulletins, and still more so on independent radio; so, credit goes to PM (Radio 4, Wednesday) for…
Israeli authorities backtrack on banning ‘private’ services in Church of Holy Sepulchre
THE Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pizzaballa, and the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, Fr Francesco Ielpo, were barred by Israeli police from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, for the first…
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit West Africa in the summer
THE Archbishop of Canterbury is to visit the Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa “to strengthen the ties between the See of Canterbury and the Province”. Archbishop Mullally will visit Ghana and Cameroon from 26…
Historic England grants more than £1 million to repair three church buildings in London
TWO “at risk” churches in London, and the Sunday school at the Union Chapel, Islington, are to be awarded funding worth more than £1 million by Historic England to help with repair works. The three sites are currently on the…
Peter Hitchens on why he is an Anglican
On this edition of the podcast, Peter Hitchens is interviewed by Church Times staff writer James Macintyre. Mr Hitchens is one of the most well-known — and well-travelled — columnists and commentators in Britain. He has…
what can possibly be wrong with that?’
PETER HITCHENS, an Anglican conservative commentator and columnist for the Mail titles, has spoken about how he came, on the basis of his reading of scripture, to appreciate the ordination of women. He said that female…
Sunday’s Readings: Easter Day
Acts 10.34-43 or Jeremiah 31.1-6; Psalm 118.1-2,14-24; Colossians 3.1-4 or Acts 10.34-43; John 20.1-18 or Matthew 28.1-10IN MATTHEW’s resurrection Gospel, Mary Magdalene and another Mary go to the tomb. This is a variation on…
Sunday’s Readings: Good Friday
Isaiah 52.13-53.12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9; John 18.1-19.42THE Passion is action-packed. People move from scene to scene: garden, prison, palace, hillside. There is violence and cruelty: scourging, mockery, shame.…
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