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Diocese of Oxford puts a green stumbling block into liturgy of baptism

On 15th June, the Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, issued an ad clerum to the clergy in his Diocese: Dear xxxxx, In every service of baptism, confirmation and the renewal of baptismal promises there is a commission where the whole…

Welby presents Queen with Canterbury Cross – ‘a heartfelt symbol of love, loyalty and affection’

June 24, 2022
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This week the Archbishop of Canterbury presented Her Majesty The Queen with a special Canterbury Cross, cast in silver and embellished with platinum, in recognition and gratitude for her "unstinting…

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Lucy Allan MP: “Is a Conservative welcome in the Church of England?”

June 20, 2022
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Conservative MP Lucy Allan has challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury directly on his 'robust' intervention in Priti Patel's (presently thwarted) policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. "When the Church…

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In the case of the Bishop of Oxford v Archbishop Cranmer

June 16, 2022
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On 10th May, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev’d Steven Croft, instructed his lawyers to demand that a post on this site be taken down. The letter from Birketts…

The censorious self-righteousness of Imam Qari Asim MBE

June 13, 2022
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Imam Qari Asim MBE (for services to inter-faith relations and the community in Leeds) was sacked last week by Michael Gove as a Government advisor on Islamophobia. The principal reason…

‘The Lady of Heaven’ is Islam’s ‘Life of Brian’ moment

June 9, 2022
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'The Lady of Heaven' is currently being pulled from cinema chains because it is considered 'blasphemous' by certain Muslims. They have a perfect right to protest, of course: this is…

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BBC says it’s ‘unfortunate’ the Queen is Defender of the Faith

June 6, 2022
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As the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Her Majesty the Queen entered their final day, the BBC gave us a running commentary on the Platinum Pageant as it crawled along the…

The Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

June 2, 2022
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The Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II fell on February 6th, when much was said and written about her life of devotion, service, and love; of the light…

How ‘Christian’ is the excommunication of Nancy Pelosi?

May 30, 2022
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Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has been banned from receiving Holy Communion by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco. The excommunication has been decreed in his…

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Christ Church ‘victim’ Alannah Jeune inadvertently corroborates that Martyn Percy is the real victim of a gross injustice

May 25, 2022
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When Alannah Jeune, the ‘victim’ in the renowned case of Christ Church, Oxford vs Dr Martyn Percy (which somehow became conflated with and morphed into an allegation of sexual harassment),…

The Sue Gray Report is about as independent as a Church of England independent inquiry

May 23, 2022
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The Sue Gray Report into Partygate – which saw 126 fines handed out to 83 people, including the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, for attending 'events' in No.10…

Net Zero.. racial justice.. mental health.. What exactly are cathedrals for?

May 20, 2022
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Cathedrals can light the way to Net Zero, says the Rt Rev'd Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich and the Church of England's lead Bishop for Environmental Affairs. And he set…

Bank of England warns of ‘apocalyptic’ times ahead

May 17, 2022
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The Governor of the Bank of England has issued a warning of an 'apocalyptic' scenario, with food price surges affecting our daily bread in particular. There is a war and…

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Martyn Percy leaves the Church of England

May 15, 2022
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In the glorious Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford, on the Feast Day of St. Matthias the Apostle on Saturday 14th May, the Very Rev'd Professor Martyn Percy preached his final…

Bishop of Oxford instructs lawyers to censor Archbishop Cranmer

May 11, 2022
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The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev'd Steven Croft, has instructed lawyers to demand that a post on this site be taken down. Never in its 16-year history has the…

Baby P and the legal politics of parole which shames his memory

May 10, 2022
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Baby P was Peter Connelly. He was born on 1st March 2006, and died on 3rd August 2007. That's him above. A lovely little blond haired, blue-eyed baby boy, reaching…

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Bishop of Oxford “colluded with the forces of darkness”, and is considered by some to be a safeguarding risk

May 8, 2022
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Liberated from the purgatorial shackles of Christ Church, Oxford, Martyn Percy is now free to speak, and he has done so. Andrew Billen in The Times Magazine recounts the tortuous…

Roe v Wade, and the constitutional right to kill

May 4, 2022
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"This isn’t about life and never has been," writes the Rev'd Michael Coren. "It’s about control. Of women, freedom, and progress. As a Christian I know where I have to…

Ted Hui: “The more you persecute people, the more people will treasure that identity”

May 2, 2022
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Ted Hui Chi-fung was (or is) a Democrat Party politician in Hong Kong, vocal on environmental issues, education, human rights and democracy. He is currently living in exile in Australia,…

How many millions of asylum seekers should the UK welcome?

April 27, 2022
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Building on his Easter sermon which condemned (rather robustly) Priti Patel's plan to send Channel migrants to Rwanda, the Archbishop of Canterbury has written a comment piece for the Telegraph…