Bishops Tweeting ‘Truth to Power’

Bishops’ twitter rules: ‘Ask whether you’d like your mother to see your tweet. Then ask if God would like it’ By Rosie Dawson, 26 May 2020 At 5.24pm on Sunday, the Bishop of Ripon, the Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley, took to Twitter to express her views on the Dominic Cummings affair. “Integrity, trust and leadership […]

Anglican Bishops: Government must show Humility

By Tim Maby, 26 May 2020 The government has to show “some sense of humility if they are going to restore trust”, according to the Anglican bishop at the centre of this week’s storm of protest at the prime minister’s defence of Dominic Cummings, his chief adviser. Speaking in an online briefing for the Religion […]

Religion News 26 May

Church of England bishops tweeted that they have received death threats for coming out forcibly against the Prime Minister’s handling of the Dominic Cummings story. The Bishops of Worcester and Ripon reported receiving emails telling them to stay out of politics. They were among 18 Church of England bishops who had weighed into the Prime […]