Global warming

The weird cult of Greta Thunberg: she’s not the Green Messiah

April 24, 2019
Martin Sewell
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The activities of those following the latest fashion in political activism have been disrupting the nation’s capital, and yesterday its unlikely spokesperson and poster child, Greta Thunberg, went to Westminster to urge MPs to "do more" about climate change. I…

Archbishop’s political adviser role advertised exclusively in Guardian and Economist

July 28, 2017
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In the continuous stream of church life, things occasionally niggle. Some are easily shaken off with the passing of time, but others recur like an irritating charismatic leitmotif, keeping alive…

Bishop of Chester: papal encyclical 'Laudato Si' is "shrill.. naive.. unclear.. unconvincing.. exaggerated scaremongering"

July 20, 2015
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Thank God for The Rt Rev'd Dr Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester, and lay Roman Catholic Bernard Donoughue, who, together, have issued the most comprehensive ecumenical rebuttal to Laudato…

#PastoralLetter (2): Visions, dreams and nebulous notions of detachment

March 2, 2015
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Having responded to the Preface of the Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops "to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015",…