Collective Worship

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Durham Cathedral demands Covid passports for Christmas worship

November 19, 2021
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Durham Cathedral is dividing its flock into sheep and goats for Christmas. The Dean is setting the Covid-vaccinated sheep on his right hand, but the goats who lack an NHS Covid passport shall go on his left. Then shall he…

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Why does the Government still not allow hymn-singing in Church?

June 18, 2021
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"My Lords, regardless of matters of hindsight, does the Minister agree that prolonging the restrictions might be justified for certain reasons?" asked the Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Rev'd Nick…

Communal worship banned in England

November 1, 2020
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From 5th November, it will be illegal to gather for communal worship in England. The Government has decreed that church buildings may open for private prayer, but not for praying…

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Wales lockdown isn’t only absurd; it denies freedom of religion

October 26, 2020
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Tomorrow is your birthday. You've received a card from your Mum every single year of your life, without fail, even when you were abroad, and even when she was very…

How to view enforced withdrawal from life

March 18, 2020
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For the first time since 1208, the Church in England has ceased all public worship. Church doors are closed for communion, and the gathering together of the faithful to worship…

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Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the transgender-inculcated person

March 11, 2019
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'Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man' is a Jesuit maxim attributed to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society…

Church of England school headteacher brands Crossteach educational charity ‘extremist’

October 19, 2017
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Dan Turvey B.Ed (Hons) NPQH is headteacher of St John's Church of England Primary School in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. "Christian values are at the heart of all we do…

Hounding Tim Farron about gay sex deflects from LibDem vote to abolish faith schools

May 2, 2017
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While the Christian leader of the Liberal Democrats was being harassed and hounded day after day by liberal metropolitan journalists to pronounce on whether he believed homosexual acts were sin…

In defence of church pews: God save us from white plastic, stackable stainless steel and bright blue upholstery

April 2, 2017
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There is "no theological basis" for the retention of church pews, declared John Gallagher, Chancellor for the Diocese of Rochester, as he dismissed the view of conservationists who wanted to…

If children need protection from ‘dangerous’ religious rituals, what about circumcision?

October 27, 2016
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Jesus only fasted for 40 days and nights, and that must have been tough in the Judaean desert, especially with Satan lurking around. Was that religious extremism? In India, a…

The Woolf Institute is wrong: Christianity is needed in public life now more than ever

December 15, 2015
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This is a guest post by Will Jones who holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Reading and a diploma in Biblical Studies from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He currently works…