by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Anglican bishops from Sudan, who are part of the meeting of the Lambeth Conference, have issued an appeal to Christians to stand in solidarity with the suffering people of their country. Their statement, which was overshadowed in the media by one of less certain...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 19, 2008
Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have been told that it is ‘highly unlikely’ that a vote on whether to allow women to become bishops will be taken before 2010. Twenty six Church of England bishops sit in the House of Lords, so the UK...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Pressures from several directions are putting the disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda, say reports following the General Synod and concerns about the long term impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sharia speech. A survey of the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
Last week, an essay written by James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool and a leading evangelical, came to light in which he argued that the Bible includes remarkable accounts of same-sex relationships. Jones come as near you can, without actually saying it, to suggesting...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
Rowan Williams succeeded in clarifying the nub of his thinking and showed contrition for his clumsiness, but he declined to apologise and is not off the hook – this seems the majority verdict among commentators and other public figures today, amid calls for...
