Father Jeffrey pointed out this excellent piece in this week’s Catholic Herald (oh how we love the Herald over the Tablet d’ythink?) earlier this week. Thought I’d save it for the height of Holy Week. It is increasingly common to …

The Cross and Sexual Lives Read more »

My thanks to Ruth Gledhill, Jill from Anglican Mainstream and others who have sent me the original advert from Sandown Presbyterian Church, together with the ruling (which you can read for yourself by clicking here). In this post I’m going …

Has the ASA got in a muddle over sexual orientation? Read more »

Adrian the Pluralist has responded to my piece on Jeffrey John, writing the following: I have been asked to speculate on what will happen regarding Anglican politics should Jeffrey John become Bishop of Bangor. The first important point, as stated …

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Here’s the letter the Bishop of London sent to all London clergy, readers, church wardens and church wardens’ dachshunds today. 18th June 2008 Dear Friends, Many of you will have seen the publicity over the weekend around the service which …

Richard Chartres plays very hard ball indeed Read more »

Here’s Pete Burns’ opinion: When he flashed his engagement ring on the sofa with Richard and Judy, pop star Pete Burns told of his happiness at the prospect of becoming the latest celebrity to marry his male partner. But now, …

Civil Partnerships – Dead, Alive or Spinning Round? Read more »

You’ll have seen the story in the past few days that the European Court of Human Rights ruled against a couple of elderly sisters who wanted to have the same inheritance tax rights as two women in a Civil Partnership. …

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