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  • 21 Jul 2014
    Archbishop of Canterbury writes to ecumenical partners about women bishops

    The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has written to ecumenical partners about the General Synod's decision to allow women to become bishops, emphasising that churches "need each other".

  • 15 Jul 2014
    Women bishops approved: welcome step towards inclusion

    The Church of England’s general synod has given the go-ahead for women to be bishops. The move won the required minimum of two-thirds of votes among bishops and both lay and clergy representatives at the gathering in York. (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/20648) For some synod votes, the three ‘houses’ vote separately and a simple majority is not enough.

  • 14 Jul 2014
    Church of England to have women bishops

    The General Synod of the Church of England has given its final approval for women to become bishops in the Church of England.

  • 10 Jul 2014
    Licence refused to married gay hospital chaplain

    A Church of England bishop has refused a licence to Jeremy Pemberton, a hospital chaplain, because he married his partner Laurence Cunnington. This may prevent him from taking up a new job closer to his home. This has further strained church’s leaders’ already tense relationship with those seeking greater inclusion.

  • 9 Jul 2014
    Westminster Abbey threatens to evict hymn-singing peace activists

    Westminster Abbey has again drawn criticism over its treatment of protesters after threatening to evict Christians singing hymns outside a nearby arms conference.

  • 9 Jul 2014
    Church welcomes arms dealers - but tries to ban peacemakers from singing hymns

    The most bizarre moment of today’s vigil outside an arms conference at Church House was when Westminster Abbey’s staff told us that we were not allowed to sing hymns on their land.

  • 9 Jul 2014
    Church House to host conference sponsored by arms companies

    A conference sponsored by arms companies will take place at Church House this morning, as Christian opponents of the arms trade pray and protest outside.

  • 9 Jul 2014
    Church House - no place for an arms conference

    The Church House Conference Centre, located in the Church of England's administrative headquarters near Westminster Abbey, is again to host a conference sponsored by arms dealers.

  • 8 Jul 2014
    Church, worldly values, the 'common good' and war

    The ‘common good’ and support for current and former soldiers are among the topics to be discussed at the Church of England’s general synod in July 2014. Savi Hensman suggests that the institutional Church of England in its current form may be too heavily compromised by its closeness to the “principalities and powers” to be fully effective in seeking justice and peace. She argues that it will have to face a death of sorts in order to be renewed in Christ.

  • 2 Jul 2014
    Methodists step up to the challenge of the Covenant

    The Methodist Church, meeting in Birmingham for its annual, Conference, has made a commitment to taking a major step forward in its relationship with the Church of England.