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Church of England General Synod in York
- Brigadier Jaish Mahan urges church to support the military in ‘uncertain times’ >>
- Ab York: Assisted dying bill ‘assumes authority over death that belongs to God’ >>
- CofE deal for £1.6 billion over three years >>
- Living in Love and Faith vote still expected in February 2026 >>
- Money and prayer the recipe for church growth >>
- Speculation on the next Archbishop of Canterbury >>
- Nick Cave and Sandi Toksvig for Archbishop of Canterbury >>
- £150 million redress scheme for survivors of CofE-related abuse >>
- Archbishop of Jerusalem says food distribution in Gaza is ‘like Hunger Games’ >>
- Synod overwhelmingly against assisted dying >>
- Peace breaks out as synod agrees to bin ‘Issues in Human Sexuality’>>
RMC briefing on the Synod – discussion hosted by Rosie Dawson with guests: Bishop Hugh Nelson, Bishop to the Armed Forces; Jane Chevous, Director, Survivors Voices; Bishop of Birkenhead, Julie Conalty; Tim Wyatt, journalist; Nathan Obokoh, youth leader; Ven Stewart Fyfe, Archdeacon of West Cumberland; Paul Waddell, lay representative from Southwark. View it again or listen to the podcast via links here >>
Other news this week:
- Three killed as Israeli strikes hit Gaza’s only Catholic church >>
- Gaza parish priest says people exhausted and hungry >>
- Four bishops call for action against violence threatening Christians in West Bank >>
- Board of Deputies concern at BBC Gaza film verdict >>
- US Church urges action after Gaza plea from Archbishop >>
- Church leaders demand accountability for settler violence against Christians >>
The Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, celebrated Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the first time, in a service commemorating the Feast of the Translation of St Thomas a Becket, who was murdered there in 1170 >>
The Centre for Media Monitoring published results of a survey of 102 Muslim women working in the media, who say they face systemic discrimination, unfair representation and professional marginalisation: “Visibly Muslim women are especially subject to microaggressions, stereotyping, and pay disparities” >>
York Central MP Rachael Maskell, a committed Christian, who was suspended by Labour over ‘repeated breaches of discipline’, said ‘there are lines I can’t cross because of where I come from in politics with my faith’. One senior Labour source said: ‘Removing whip from MP Rachael Maskell is ‘like expelling Mother Theresa’ >>
King Charles opened a new wing named after him, at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, which will host the “King Charles III Programme”, an initiative reflecting his commitment to promoting deeper understanding between cultures and faiths >>
More headlines ..
| New Dean for Bangor Cathedral >> Baptist Union leader becomes first woman vice chair worldwide >> Excavation to find remains of 796 children at Tuam mother and baby home >> Gay man wins damages after conversion therapy ‘exorcism’ >> Constance Marten’s brush with HTB and a Lagos cult >> Faith leaders in Norwich pledge to combat climate change >> Website launches in CofE’s redress scheme for sexual abuse survivors >> Pay gap reports ‘should take religion’ as well as ethnicity into account >> Humanists demand retraction of Bible Society’s claims of a Quiet Revival in Britain >> Doubt cast on US Gen Z religious resurgence >> Survey reveals unease over religion, race and free speech >> Alarm that antisemitism is normalised in British society >> Report says antisemitism is stain on British society >> Diane Abbott suspended for the second time on comments about racism >> Echoes of Srebrenica genocide 30 years on >> EU Catholic bishops to visit Ukraine on fact-finding mission >> France eyes religious dates to plug “veritable Gruyere” of bank holidays >> US divide over allowing faith groups to endorse political candidates >> United Church of Christ denounces ICE raids as ‘domestic terrorism’ >> Thai woman accused of seducing and blackmailing Buddhist monks >> Church applies for permission to exhume head of Sir Thomas More >> Hildegard of Bingen’s music inspires experimental artists today >> |
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