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Bishop of Lincoln suspended following safeguarding complaint
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (449+ words) By PATRICK HARRINGTON, UK NEWS REPORTER The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Reverend Stephen Conway, has been suspended following a safeguarding complaint. Newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally temporarily removed him from his position after a complaint was…...
Archbishop of Canterbury hit with backlash over £100m reparations plan
1+ week, 3+ day ago (806+ words) THE new Archbishop of Canterbury was today hit with a backlash from churchgoers over plans to spend "100million on slavery reparations. Dame Sarah Mullally was accused of helping to "mislead the public" and "putting out the fire with gasoline" by pressing…...
Dame Sarah Mullally becomes first woman to lead Church of England
3+ week, 3+ day ago (598+ words) By KRISTINA WEMYSS, GENERAL NEWS REPORTER The first woman appointed to the Church of England's top post was officially confirmed yesterday, despite a heckler interrupting the ceremony. She replaced Justin Welby, after he resigned more than a year ago over…...
Church of England urged to 'glorify God sustainably'
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (274+ words) By SAM MERRIMAN, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT It's the sort of edict one would expect to hear from the pulpit of a particularly eco-conscious cleric: 'Thou shalt not use foreign blooms in floral displays.' But thanks to growing concerns about the Church…...
PETER HITCHENS warns Britain no longer knows right from wrong after abandoning Christianity
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (72+ words) PETER HITCHENS warns Britain no longer knows right from wrong after abandoning Christianity'Daily Mail By PETER HITCHENS, COLUMNIST AND COMMENTATOR We're forgetting how to behave." That thing which kept us in line for so long, our own consciences, our own…...
REV RICHARD COLES: What preaching at Christmas taught me about faith
2+ mon, 6+ hour ago (886+ words) By REVEREND RICHARD COLES I called in at the butcher's yesterday to buy some mince and he looked so frazzled that, in the spirit of one Christmas worker to another, I asked, "Sick of turkeys yet?' No. His problem was…...
Inside the astonishing return of Christianity in Britain
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1261+ words) Christmas carols evoke certain images: Choristers in ruffs, wise men from the orient and now, please, the often angry Right-winger Tommy Robinson. Last week Mr Robinson, who claims to have become a Christian, helped organise a carol service in Whitehall....
Archbishop of Canterbury says churches SHOULD baptise asylum seekers
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1040+ words) The new Archbishop of Canterbury says that churches should not feel anxious about baptising asylum seekers in the face of concerns about fake conversions. Dame Sarah Mullally, who will move into Lambeth Palace next year, claimed that due to the…...
How far women have come in the Church of England
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1070+ words) Today's naming of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury marks a key turning point in the history of the Church of England. Since St Augustine was sent from Rome to convert the Anglo-Saxons just over 1,400 years…...
Dame Sarah Mullally named as first female Archbishop of Canterbury
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (587+ words) By CHRIS POLLARD, NEWS REPORTER Dame Sarah Mullally has been named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England's history. A former chief nursing officer for England, Dame Sarah is now Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, ahead of a…...