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 24 June 2012 - web link
Rowan Williams pours scorn on David Cameron's 'big society'
Key policy 'comes across as waffle', says archbishop of Canterbury in valedictory bombshell. Guardian, 24 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
Australia: Godless overtake Anglicans, as Hinduism doubles
People professing to have no religion have moved past Anglicans to become the second-largest grouping after Catholics in the 2011 Census. By Barney Zwartz, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 June 2012.
 23 June 2012 - web link
David Starkey: Do gays need to call each other Mr and Mrs?
The gay atheist and a historian has more than an academic interest in the debate about gay marriage  and he wants both sides to get their facts right, Telegraph, 22 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
Pressure mounts to put off women bishops vote
A bishop last night called for an historic Church of England vote next month on ordaining women to the episcopacy to be put on hold amid growing acrimony over concessions to traditionalists. By John Bingham, Telegraph, 23 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
China should embrace house churches
Instead of trying to curtail their growth, the state should encourage these hugely popular supportive organisations. By Lijia Zhang, Guardian Comment, 22 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
Church of England announces new validation partnership
The Church of England and Durham University have entered into a partnership to provide validation for the education of ministers. Christian Today, 21 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
The Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali Elected 8th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda
The election was held during a meeting of the House of Bishops on Friday, 22nd June, 2012, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe. All Africa/ACNS, 22 June 2012
 23 June 2012 - web link
Zimbabwe: Kunonga Keeps Bootlicking
Excommunicated Anglican bishop Nolbert Kunonga continued with his Zanu PF praise-singing over the weekend describing its indigenization policy as 'an act of God'. All Africa, 22 June 2012
 22 June 2012 - web link
General Synod all set to vote (or adjourn) in July
FOR many people in the country, the great countdown was to the Olympic Games, the Secretary Genﾭeral to the General Synod, William Fittall, said at a press briefing last Friday. For many in the Church, however, an important countdown was to the final vote on women bishops at the General Synod, when it meets in York from 6 to 10 July. By Margaret Duggan, Church Times, 22 July 2012
 22 June 2012 - web link
These may be the bones of the Baptist
NEW scientific evidence suggests that relics claimed by medieval clerics to be from the time of Christ may, indeed, have come from first-century Palestine. By David Keys, Church Times, 22 June 2012
 21 June 2012 - web link
The Lords will provide: Bishops paid up to ﾣ27,000 for attending Parliament
Controversy over the presence of 26 unelected bishops in the upper House will be exacerbated by revelations about how much some of them are being paid for the privilege Oliver Wright and Melanie Newman. Independent. 21 June 2012
 21 June 2012 - web link
Bishops sitting in House of Lords 'claiming thousands to attend Westminster'
Bishops who sit in the House of Lords are claiming up to ﾣ27,000 a year in allowances on top of their annual stipends for attending Westminster, it has been claimed. Telegraph, 21 June 2012
 20 June 2012 - web link
Churches are for life not just for Sundays
In an article published in The Times on 20 June 2012, the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, has written about the essential place of churches, chapels and meeting houses in Britain. National Churches Trust. 20 June 2012
 20 June 2012 - web link
Statement on the Measure to Admit Women and the Episcopate as amended by the House of Bishops for General Synod July 2012
Statement from Affirming Catholicism 20June 2012
 20 June 2012 - web link
Salisbury Diocesan Synod rejects bishops' amendment
We have been informed us that Salisbury Diocesan Synod last night overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion that 'This Synod calls upon the House of Bishops to withdraw its amendment to Clause 5 of the Draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure'. Thinking Anglicans. 20 June 2012
 19 June 2012 - web link
Landmark Christian-Muslim Peace Summit opens in Beirut
The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, a former Episcopal bishop of Washington and four Iranian Shi'ite Muslims, two holding the rank of ayatollah, are among the religious leaders who have traveled to Beirut, Lebanon, for the second Christian-Muslim peace summit. Episcopal News Service, 19 June 2012
 19 June 2012 - web link
Archbishop warns of 'majoritarian tyranny' in elected House of Lords
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out against the House of Lords becoming an entirely elected chamber Jerome Taylor. Independent. 15 June 2012.
 19 June 2012 - web link
BISHOP OF RAMSBURY ANNOUNCED
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Edward Francis Condry, BA, BLitt, DPhil, MBA, Canon Residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral, in the Diocese of Canterbury and Treasurer and Director of Education in Canterbury Cathedral as the next Bishop of Ramsbury in the Diocese of Salisbury. Salisbury Diocese website. 19 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
This 'Christian doctor' was lucky not to be struck off
We don't know if Richard Scott breached medical ethics to promote his faith  but his statements don't help his case Robert Winston. Guardian 18 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
Millions of working families one push from penury, Guardian research finds
Findings that 2.2m children live in households on economic cliff-edge challenge coalition claim people are better off in work Amelia Hill, Guardian. 18 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
Archbishop of Canterbury: Goodbye to all that...
As the Archbishop of Canterbury bids farewell to his time in office, he tells Richard Godwin he will miss London and as for his successor, they will need 'the hide of a rhino',he says Evening Standard. 18 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
Nigerian church blasts kill 21 in Kaduna state
Suicide bombings at three churches in northern cities of Zaria and Kaduna prompt state curfew amid fears of reprisal attacks Associated Press in Guardian. 18 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
OBE for Street Pastors founder
Les Isaac has received an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his work with Street Pastors. Christian Today, 17 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
Expenses scandal helped shatter faith in 'public service' - Rowan Williams
Corruption, including the MPs- expenses scandal, has so tarnished faith in politicians- motives that few people even believe they are interested in - public service- any more, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Telegraph, 16 June 2012
 18 June 2012 - web link
Awards for church chair designs
The Bishop of London has presented awards to designers for their stylish and innovative church chair designs. Christian Today, 16 June 2012

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Archbishop's daughter spearheads drive to teach 'happiness' in churches

Top public schools have put it in their curricula and David Cameron has even set out to measure it, now churches are embarking on a drive to teach happiness to the nation. Telegraph 18 May 2013
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