Religion news 4 August 2022
Bishops commit to tackle ‘absolute emergency’ of climate change; Anglican Communion Forest initiative starts with tree in a pot; Queen welcomes bishops’ focus on environment; Another deadline for Archie Battersbee
Bishops commit to tackle ‘absolute emergency’ of climate change; Anglican Communion Forest initiative starts with tree in a pot; Queen welcomes bishops’ focus on environment; Another deadline for Archie Battersbee
Lambeth Conference rancorous debate over sexuality is neutered; Hopes raised for meeting between the Pope and Patriarch Kirill; Barriers removed for pilgrims visiting the Kaaba
Same sex marriage and the Lambeth Conference of Bishops; Anglican Congress idea explored; End of life support to end for 12 year old Archie Battersbee;; Baha’is arrested for spying in Israel
Archbishop: don’t make this Lambeth Conference about ourselves; Bishops’ sit down protest during communion; Christian legal group behind last minute action in Archie Battersbee case; Global demonstrations in support of the Uyghurs; When Richard Coles met Richard Dawkins
“Pull the plug” on the Lambeth Conference or turn it into a loose federation; Pope urge to take action on land seizure rules; Christian Legal Centre takes Archie Battersbee fight to the UN; Neasden Temple hosts festival in honour of its founder
The Rev Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch says the Lambeth conferences with their arguments and votes give an entirely wrong view of the Anglican communion. It has always held people with different views and its fragile structure shouldn’t be messed with
The Anglican Communion has been deeply divided over same sex relationships for more than 30 years. This is an attempt at a timeline
Anglican bishops to consider reparations for slavery links; James Lovelock, author of the Gaia theory has died aged 103; Mindfulness not much benefit to young people in school; Priest investigated for celebrating mass on an inflatable in the sea
Bishops consider setting up a committee to consider redemptive action and reparation for slavery, to shape Church Commissioners’ response
Glossary of words, abbreviations and terms which may be mentioned when reporting the Lambeth Conference
