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30 November 2009 - web link: Church of England drops swine flu restrictions
The outbreak of Swine Flu has altered many aspects of daily life, but in a statement released by The Archbishops of Canterbury and York it need no longer affect receiving Holy Communion. Religous Intelligence 27 November 2009
30 November 2009 - web link: Bishop opposes troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Bishop of Bath and Wells has cautioned against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Religious Intelligence 27 November 2009
30 November 2009 - web link: Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
Labour's strategy for tackling poverty has reached the end of the road and Britain risks a return to Victorian levels of inequality, according to a major two-year study seen by The Independent. Andrew Brice Independent 30 November 2009
29 November 2009 - web link: Switzerland votes on Muslim minaret ban
Swiss voters are going to the polls to decide on a proposal to ban the building of minarets in their country. By Imogen Foukes, BBC News, 29 November 2009
29 November 2009 - web link: Bishop of Bristol on Uganda gay bill
PDF of recent synod addressby Bishop Mike Hill. Bristol Diocese website, 24 November 2009
29 November 2009 - web link: Civil society groups hear call for anti-usury laws and major finance reform
Some 2,000 people from 150 civil society groups, churches, mosques and synagogues heard a call last week for the UK to introduce a ceiling on interest rates. The move follows evidence gathered over months of listening to the impact on ordinary people of the financial crisis. Ekklesia, 29 November 2009
29 November 2009 - web link: Evangelical, and Young, and Active in New Area
"What happened to both Wheaton and Jenna Liao tells much about the shifts in evangelical Christianity as a whole. Her Christian education exposed her to examples of religious idealism from St. Thomas Aquinas to Mother Teresa to the progressive evangelical ministers Jim Wallis and Soong-Chan Rah." By Samuel Freedman, NY Times, 28 November 2009
28 November 2009 - web link: TEC Executive Council members call for special meeting on Uganda legislation
A teleconference meeting of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council will discuss a possible statement on Ugandan legislation that would imprison for life or execute people who violate that country's anti-homosexuality laws. By Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal Life Online, 27 November 2009
28 November 2009 - web link: Church of England set to lose a tenth of its clergy in five years
The Church of England is facing the loss of as many as one in ten paid clergy in the next five years and internal documents seen by The Times admit that the traditional model of a vicar in every parish is over. By Ruth Gledhill and Tim Glanfield, Times, 28 November 2009
28 November 2009 - web link: Investigating the Catholic paedophiles
The Catholic hierarchy was to blame for the child abuse scandals, not gay priests. By Andrew Brown, CiF, Guardian, 28 November 2009
27 November 2009 - web link: Faith Schools good on cohesion
Secondary schools run by faith groups are better than non-religious schools at building community relations, research in England suggests. By Angela Harrison, BBC, 27 November 2009
27 November 2009 - web link: Shocking Abuse Cover-Up by Catholic Church in Dublin Unveiled
'The Dublin Archdiocese's pre-occupations in dealing with cases of child sexual abuse, at least until the mid-1990s, were the maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance of scandal, the protection of the reputation of the Church, and the preservation of its assets. Times blog by Ruth Gledhill, 26 November 2009
27 November 2009 - web link: Bishop backs free speech clause
The Bishop of Winchester has supported the retention of a free speech provision to the law on homophobic hatred. Religious Intelligence, 26 November 2009
27 November 2009 - web link: Southern Baptist Agency to Cut Missionary Force by 600
The Southern Baptist Conventions international mission agency will cut its overseas force by as many as 600 missionaries in 2010. Christian Post, 26 November 2009
26 November 2009 - web link: Faith coalition urges world trade leaders to respect right to food
Ministers at a World Trade Organisation gathering in Geneva next week seeking new ways of alleviating poverty and generating growth are being called upon by faith groups to respect the right to food as enshrined in human rights declarations. ENI 25 November 2009
26 November 2009 - web link: Anglican cutbacks could leave two universities with no chaplain
Financial cutbacks by the Diocese of Winchester could leave two south coast universities as the only universities in England with no Anglican chaplain. The communications officer and a schools adviser could also face redundancy. Ekklesia, 25 November 2009
26 November 2009 - web link: 'A Voice for Sanity'
"Martin Luther had to say something, or they were going to keep selling indulgences. Now we have that going on in our midst. If someone says, 'Send your $100 to be saved,' that is selling indulgences," says Lee Grady, editor of Charisma, the largest circulation Pentecostal magazine. Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Christianity Today, November 2009
26 November 2009 - web link: Can a Muslim say happy Christmas to his friends?
Such questions are at the heart of a debate between the forces of Islamic intolerance and a group of scholars touring Britain with a message of moderation.Jerome Taylor in Independent 26 November 2009
25 November 2009 - web link: Church of Uganda: Pope's invitation will not have effect on Anglicans
Church of Uganda yesterday said Vaticans open invite to disgruntled Anglicans to embrace the Catholic Church for spiritual relief will have no effect on its following. Ms Alison Barfoot, the Churches external relations officer, said there are no Anglican-Catholic members in their fold to heed the Popes call. Daily Monitor, 25 November 2009
25 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop of Brazil responds to the Vatican's Apostolic Constitution
"If the Constitution were aimed at persons who had already left the Anglican Communion for reasons of differing theological opinion, this would certainly be viewed as pastoral attention to those who are no longer under our pastoral care. But to the extent that it is aimed at persons and communities still within the Communion, even if in dissent, the Constitution creates an ethical problem of interference in the internal affairs of a sister church." Report on Episcopal Life Online, 25 November 2009
25 November 2009 - web link: Bishop raises spectre of Anglican civil war
The spectre of civil war breaking out among traditionalist Anglicans has been dramatically raised by a "flying bishop". By Michael Brown, Religious Intelligence, 25 November 2009
25 November 2009 - web link: Religious and secular groups unite to launch anti-discrimination coalition
The campaign for strong equality and anti-discrimination laws received a significant boost yesterday (24 November) with the launch of the Cutting Edge consortium, a coalition of faith groups, human rights campaigns, trades unions and other organisations. They are opposing calls for religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill currently going through Parliament. Ekklesia, 25 November 2009
25 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop calls for Good Samaritans in face of economic gloom
The Archbishop of York has called for a new generation of Good Samaritans to bring comfort to those struggling in the recession. By Jenna Lyle, Christian Today, 25 November 2009
24 November 2009 - web link: CofE response to Response to the DPP Consultation on interim policy for prosecutors on assisted suicide
It is essential that assisted suicide is never deemed to be acceptable or commendable, the Church of England has said in response to the Director of Public Prosecutions' consultation on an interim policy for prosecutors on assisted suicide.
24 November 2009 - web link: Church leaders in Liverpool release 'groundbreaking' condemnation of homophobia
Leaders of the six main Christian churches in Liverpool have released a joint statement condemning homophobia in the city. By Jessica Green, The Pink Paper, 23 November 2009
24 November 2009 - web link: Orissa's forgotten victims
Victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa are too fearful to return home while their tormentors remain at large. By David Griffiths, CiF Guardian, 23 November 2009
24 November 2009 - web link: 'O, Evangelicos!'
We need not abandon our namejust live up to it. By Philip Yancey, Christianity Today, November 2009
24 November 2009 - web link: HIV stigma still strong, says Tearfund
Ignorance and stigma surrounding HIV are still thriving in the UK and elsewhere almost 30 years after the first person was identified with the virus. By Jenna Lyle, Christian Today, 24 November 2009
24 November 2009 - web link: Faith leaders call for calm as murdered priest is buried
Religious tensions rise after death of man who converted Muslims to Christianity Shaun Walker in Moscow for the Independent 24 November 2009
23 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop John Sentamu: 'Mammon has been given a pasting'
The credit crunch has changed everything, says the Archbishop of York. Now people are beginning to realise that there are more important things than choice and the free market. Long interview with the Archbishop. Stephen Moss, Guardian 23 November 2009
23 November 2009 - web link: Pope John Paul II 'whipped himself in remorse for sins'
Pope John Paul II regularly whipped himself in a sign of "remorse for his sins," a nun has claimed. Nick Pisa Daily Telegraph 23 November 2009
22 November 2009 - web link: Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber
An increasing number of female jihadis are being recruited and trained to blow themselves up in the name of Islam. Alissa J Rubin visits an Iraqi jail to find out what makes young women turn themselves into killing machines Observer 22 Novmeber 2009
22 November 2009 - web link: Williams faces pope over Vatican call for converts
The archbishop of Canterbury took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his announcement last month of special arrangements for the mass conversion to Catholicism of disillusioned, traditionalist Anglicans reports John Hooper, Observer, 22 November 2009
22 November 2009 - web link: Brussels says churches must lift ban on employing homosexuals
EU decides British government was wrong to allow exemptions under equality law. Jamie Doward, Observer, 22 November 2009.
21 November 2009 - web link: A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease
When Benedict XVI greets the Archbishop of Canterbury in Rome today new rules on converts could strain talks. By Simon Caldwell, Independent, 21 November 2009
21 November 2009 - web link: Leader: The heavy hand of Rome
Comment on meeting between the Pope and ABC. Independent, 21 November 2009
21 November 2009 - web link: Credo: The lesson of Noah's Ark is that wolves can lie down with lambs
Essentially the Sabbath is about recognising that we are not just creators but also creation. By Jonathan Sacks, Times, 21 November 2009
21 November 2009 - web link: Face to faith: The real challenge to the biblical literalism held dear by creationists is in the Bible itself
For those who believe as I do, that the Bible is be to read both as a historically conditioned set of texts and as the word of God, Genesis chapters 1-2 can be seen as an inspired elephant trap or should I say an inspired dinosaur trap? for biblical literalism. By Judith Maltby, CiF, Guardian, 21 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: J I Packer talks about Knowing God
The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect affect on me. Lewis, of course, was a Catholic-Anglican rather than an evangelical, but he erected around me all the scaffolding of orthodox Christianity, in terms of which I was opened to the authentic Gospel. By Sue Nowicki, McClatchy Newspapers, 18 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Baptism of fire
Six months after he took office the Tablet interviews Archb Vincent Nichols. By Catherine Pepminster, 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop tells Pope: there will be no turning back on women priests
The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday made his most outspoken challenge to the Roman Catholic Church since the Pope invited disaffected Anglicans to switch to Rome. By Richard Owen, Times, 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: What exactly are atheists so scared about?
What exactly are atheists so scared about? Christians aren't indoctrinating their children, just trying to make sense of the world, says George Pitcher. Telegraph, 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Graphic confusion in Rome
Both main approaches to church unity have failed. Perhaps what we need is a flow chart. By Andrew Brown, CiF, Guardian, 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Tribunal rules on spiritualist appeal
A JUDGE has ruled that a trainer of Special Constables, Alan Power, a spiritualist was entitled to have his beliefs treated as a religion. Bill Bowder, Church Times 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Faith-based development groups under the spotlight
FAITH groups have the potential to be serious and effective allies in the struggle against privation despite long-standing suspicion towards faith in many quarters of the developﾭment establishment, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in a lecture at the Royal Society of Arts - Report by Ed Beavans in Church Times 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: Call it Christmas, 85 in 100 tell Theos
A CHRISTIAN Christmas is still popular, a survey suggests. A Lancashire authority, however, is discouraging carol-singers from knocking on doors because they might make residents nervous. Bill Bowder Church Times 20 November 2009
20 November 2009 - web link: The buildings stay, says Bishop of Southwark
PRIESTS or lay people are perfectly entitled to become Roman Cathﾭolics, but they do not have the right to take church property with them, the Bishop of Southwark, Dr Tom Butler, said. Church Times 20 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Rowan Williams' address in Rome
The text of this much anticipated speech is now published. Archbishop of Canterbury's website, 19 Nivember 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: 'I felt so isolated and lonely,' says reverend who returned
Less than 12 months after resigning from the Church of England to head for Rome in 1994, the Rev Peter Bolton, 51, was back in the Anglican fold complaining of isolation and loneliness. By Ruth Gledhill, Times, 19 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Christmas could be killed off by Harman's Equality Bill, bishops warn
Christmas celebrations could be banned under Harriet Harman's controversial Equality Bill, Roman Catholic bishops warned yesterday. By Kirsty Walker, The Express, 19 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Congo violence: statement from Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Congo and Bishop of Winchester
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Congo and the Bishop of Winchester today voiced their concerns over the continuing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Archbishop of Canterbury website, 19 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Churches head for a showdown in Rome
The Archbishop of Westminster has blamed Church of England bishops for keeping their leader in the dark about the Popes attempts to entice Anglicans to Rome. By Ruth Gledhill, Times, 19 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Tobias Jones: why I'm setting up a woodland commune
All the communities I admire (and I'm talking about L'Arche, Emmaus, Toc-H, Camphill, Nomadelfia, Pilsdon and so on) are actually far less ghettoised than the real world: these are the places that throw open the doors to those who are normally excluded. Guardian, 16 November 2009
19 November 2009 - web link: Methodist leader calls for variety in church planting
The General Secretary of the Methodist Church has called for an ever greater variety in church planting and fresh expressions. By Maria Mackay, Christian Todauy, 18 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Influence of US Religious Conservatives in Promoting Homophobia in Africa
Report by Political Research Associates, on Public Eye site, 18 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Backlash [on Personal Ordinariates]
'As the details of the pope's offer to disaffected Anglicans sink in, hostility grows to the proposals', by Andrew Brown, Andrew Brown's blog, Guardian online, 18 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Vicar forgives daughter's killers
The father of a girl who jumped to her death from a window because she was being bullied, said he forgives the teenagers who killed her. BBC 18 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop of Canterbury claims higher taxes would be good for society
Higher levels of tax would be good for society, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury. By Martin Beckford, Telegraph, 16 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Bishop of Blackburn says he will not convert to Rome
The Bishop of Blackburn will not be taking the Pope up on his offer of a home for disaffected Anglicans in the Roman Catholic Church. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 17 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Comment: The genesis of the Anglican Ordinariate
Today, if I were Archbishop of Canterbury, planning to go to Rome next week to see the Pope, I would be asking, not 'What would Jesus do,' but 'What would Cromwell do.' Comment by Ruth Gledhill, Religious Intelligence, 17 November 2009
18 November 2009 - web link: Did Jesus Wear Designer Robes?
The gospel preached in Africa's New Pentecostal Churches ends up leaving the poor more impoverished than ever. By J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Christianity Today, November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: Cardinal Kasper on 'Anglicanorum Coetibus'
Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has spoken for the first time about Anglicanorum Coetibus, the apostolic constitution for Anglicans. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, 16 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: No change to 'Thought for the Day'
The BBC Trust has ruled that the editorial policy of only allowing religious contributors on Thought for the Day does not breach either the BBC Editorial Guideline on impartiality or the BBC's duty to reflect religious and other beliefs. BBC Media Release, 17 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: Leading Bible distributor [STL] collapses
The leading provider of Christian literature and resources has announced that it will have to dismantle its UK operation after a succession of financial problems. By Toby Cohen, Religious Intelligence, 16 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: Bishops question Afghanistan strategy
As over 9,000 ex-service personnel and civilians marched past the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, two Anglican bishops were questioning the Governments policy in Afghanistan. By Toby Cohen, Religious Intelligence, 16 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: We can feed the world despite global warming, says Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI has told a United Nations world food summit that "the Earth can sufficiently feed all of its inhabitants" despite the "devastation" caused by global warming. By Richard Owen, Times, 16 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: 10 Minutes with Karen Armstrong
Acclaimed British writer Karen Armstrong has been described as one of the most provocative and original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. Interview by Ron Csillag, Religious News Service, 17 November 2009
17 November 2009 - web link: Rowan's economics for humanity
Rowan Williams' speech to the TUC on the human dimensions the economy needs is one of the best things he has done in public life. Andrew Brown Guardian - Comment is Free 16 November 2009
16 November 2009 - web link: Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
A generation of British Islamists have been trained in Afghanistan to fight a global jihad. But now some of those would-be extremists have had a change of heart. Johann Hari finds out what made them give up the fight. Independent 16 November 2009
16 November 2009 - web link: Convictions Few for Anti-Christian Violence in Orissa, India
Following six acquittals last week in trials for those accused of the 2008 anti-Christian violence the release on bail of a key suspect, Christians are losing heart to strive for justice, according to a prosecuting attorney. Christian Post, 15 November 2009
16 November 2009 - web link: Retire? Not in Bible, not in plans
J.I. Packer finding much to do at 82 By Sue Nowicki, Modesto Bee, November 2009
16 November 2009 - web link: It's time for Dr Rowan Williams to square up to a rampant Rome
Dr Williams must challenge the Pontiff over his raid on Anglo-Catholics, says George Pitcher. Telegraph, 16 November 2009
16 November 2009 - web link: Snub to traditionalists over women bishops
Traditionalist clerics in the Church of England have been delivered a major snub after a compromise deal over women bishops was rejected. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sunday Telegraph, 15 November 2009
15 November 2009 - web link: Cameron speaks of Christian faith
David Cameron has said he is a Christian who believes in God and goes to church, although "not as regularly as I should". BBC News, 15 November 2009
15 November 2009 - web link: Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate
Report from Church of England website, 14 November 2009
15 November 2009 - web link: Checkpoint Charlie for Anglicans
Church Times leader. 13 November 2009
15 November 2009 - web link: The other path to Rome
Would [Anglo Catholics] not be better off just becoming Roman Catholics in the normal way, and joining an existing Catholic community they can enrich and be enriched by? Tablet editorial, 13 November 2009
15 November 2009 - web link: Bible looted on Kristallnacht returns to Vienna home
A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis from a library in Vienna during Kristallnacht, the start of the Nazi pogrom against Jews six decades ago was returned to city's Jewish community on Monday. Associated Press, 13 November 2009
14 November 2009 - web link: Charles Simeon, evangelical mentor and model
Though he became a model for modern figures like John Stott, Charles Simeon started his life in Cambridge as anything but a model. Christian History, Posted TitusOneNine, 12 November 2009
14 November 2009 - web link: Bishop warns dissenting Anglicans they won't take property with them
The Bishop of Southwark has warned traditionalist Anglicans that if they convert to Roman Catholicism they wont be able to take church properties with them. Religious Intelligence, 13 November 2009
14 November 2009 - web link: Ugandans clarify view on gay Bill
THE Church of the Province of Uganda says it does not yet have an official position on the countrys proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, but says that it cannot support the death penalty for the offence of aggravated homoﾭsexuality. By Pat Ashworth, Church Times, 13 November 2009
14 November 2009 - web link: The Church of England: above the law?
MPs want Parliament to intervene if the Measure to make women bishops makes women subject to discrimination because of their gender. By Riazatt Butt, Guardian, 13 November 2009
13 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop of Canterbury: sermon on All Saints Day
By Rowan Williams, at All Saints', Margaret Street, London, Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 1 November 2009
12 November 2009 - web link: World Vision UK gets new CEO
Justin Byworth has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Christian aid agency World Vision UK. Mr Byworth was appointed following a successful six-month stint as acting CEO. Christian Today, 10 November 2009
12 November 2009 - web link: Ministries Call for more research into impact of Christian ethos schools
A new report out today is calling for more research to determine the effect of schools with a Christian ethos on their pupils. By Jenna Lyle, Religious Intelligence
12 November 2009 - web link: New diocese for Kenya
Military chaplaincy given diocesan status. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 9 November 2009
12 November 2009 - web link: Biblically challenged
Overcoming scriptural illiteracy. By Kristin M. Swenson, Christian Century, 3 November 2009
12 November 2009 - web link: Preacher linked to Fort Hood killer has support in Britain
A radical preacher who allegedly inspired the Fort Hood gunman has a large following in Britain and counts prominent mainstream Muslims among his supporters. Sean O'Neill & Richard Kerbaj Times 12 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: Archbishop's sermon at Service to mark the Passing of the World War One Generation
A sermon given by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day 2009, following the deaths of the last remaining UK veterans of World War One. The service marked the passing not only of the veterans of that conflict, but also the whole generation whose lives spanned the twentieth century. 10 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: ENGLAND: Thousands of church school pupils get ready to mark inaugural interfaith week
Students and staff at many of the Church of England's 4,500 primary and 220 secondary schools will be joining in the U.K.'s first interfaith week, which begins this Sunday, Nov. 15 Episcopal Life 10 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: Charter for Compassion: At one with our ignorance
Karen Armstrong, previews the launch of the 'Charter for Compassion': Altruism may have been an important survival mechanism for our ancestors at a particular stage of their evolution; it may also be key to our survival today. CiF Guardian, 10 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: Neither coweringly sacred nor cheaply profane
Review of a comic-book version of the Book of Genesis, illustrated by Robert Crumb: Neither coweringly sacred nor cheaply profane, this is a mature personal work and new comic landmark. Metro, 11 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: Obituary: The Right Rev Stephen Verney: Bishop Suffragan of Repton
Times. 11 November 2009
11 November 2009 - web link: Armistice Day: The Great War and the words we mustn't forget
Poets and soldiers recorded the horror of the Great War in writing that has affected generations. But as English evolves in the digital age, asks Robert Fisk, will their powerful words soon stop making sense? Independent 11 November 2009
10 November 2009 - web link: US deacon claims miracle cure by 19th century British cleric [J H Newman]
by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 10 November 2009
10 November 2009 - web link: Monastery could benefit from valuable treasure trove
An Anglican monastery in England could be the unlikely owners of a recently discovered hoard of silver and gold artefacts. By Michael Brown, Religious Intelligence, 9 November 2009
10 November 2009 - web link: In Hong Kong, Anglican consultation addresses horrors of human trafficking
Women and men from around the Anglican Communion gathered in one of the most beautiful cities in the world Nov. 2-6 to focus on the ugly billion-dollar trade in children. By Margaret Larom, Episcopal Life, 9 November 2009
10 November 2009 - web link: In church near Berlin Wall site, leaders remember candlelight vigils
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, officials have returned to a church where protests helped bring down communism as political and church leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. By Stephen Brown, ENI, 9 November 2009
10 November 2009 - web link: Fellow crusaders getting buried near Graham
As he circled the globe, preaching to millions, Billy Graham always had musical co-stars George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows nearby. Now, the 91-year-old evangelist has invited his two crusade teammates to be near him when they die. By Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 9 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: The Vatican's small print for Anglicans
by Andrew Brown, Andrew Brown's blog, Guardian online, 9 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Apostolic Constitution - Bishop of Guildford responds
Church of England site, 9 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Apostolic Constitution: Anglicanorum Coetibus
Vatican site, 9 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Why Africa welcomes the 'new colonialism'
China is the most powerful outside player in Africa. Beijing is enjoying its burgeoning power. But it should tread carefully: the continent has a habit of frustrating grand plans. Richard Dowden Times 9 November.
09 November 2009 - web link: Four new dioceses in Sudan
The Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) has created four new dioceses and elected seven new bishops at meeting of the provincial synod and House of Bishops in Juba last week. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 6 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: PAKISTAN: Church-run school burned down in suspected terrorist attack
A historic girls' school run by the Church of Pakistan was burned to the ground Nov. 3 in what is suspected to be the latest act of terrorism against the Christian minority in the predominantly Muslim country. By Matthew Davies, Episcopal Life, 7 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Jerusalem bishop, partners aim to coordinate mission in Middle East
'Absence of genuine peace' presents ministry challenge to Christian community. By Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal Life, 6 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: The key to rubbing along in perfect harmony
Authoritarianism is a sin of religiosity: believers need to heed the Jewish experience about respecting the secular majority. By Libby Purves, Times, 9 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Where is God at the LHC?
CERN's efforts to recreate the beginning of the big bang is not all about science. There are theological questions too. By John Polkinghorne, Times, 5 November 2009
09 November 2009 - web link: Thirty-five years of women in charge
Catholics and Anglicans can draw important lessons from Judaism's journey towards accepting female rabbis. By Jonathan Romaine, CiF, Guardian, 8 November 2009
08 November 2009 - web link: Is this bishop catholic?
Bob Duncan interviewed in NY Times magazine, 8 November 2009
08 November 2009 - web link: Non-believers fill the church of green gods
Now that a British judge has ruled that believers in man-made global warming catastrophe should be protected under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, we should try to come forward with some suitable prayers for this newly identified faith, writes Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times, 8 November 2009
08 November 2009 - web link: Is Jack Sullivan proof that miracles really can happen?
A 71 year-old American's cure from a severe spinal condition is being proclaimed as an Act of God. Even his doctor says so. Jonathan Wynne-Jones reports. Sunday Telegraph, 8 November 2009
08 November 2009 - web link: Who's authority?
Decisions on sex education and crucifixes in classrooms are highly illiberal intrusions into our lives and those of our children. By Justin Thacker, CiF, 7 November 2009
07 November 2009 - web link: Ethical travel company drops carbon offsetting
Critics say the scheme merely permits people to continue polluting. By Jerome Taylor, The Indepemdent, 7 November 2009
07 November 2009 - web link: Billy Graham's America
Southern sensibilities, media savvy, denominational openness, and an expanding social vision helped turn a country boy evangelist into a cultural icon. Grant Wacker, Christianity Today, 4 November 2009
07 November 2009 - web link: Put down the stones
Warren Throckmorton, blogs about Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill. The Independent (Uganda) 6 November 2009
07 November 2009 - web link: World's Anglicans urged to condemn Ugandan Bill
Report by Pat Ashworth includes a quote from Andrew Goddard's Fulcrum briefing. Church Times, 8 November 2009
06 November 2009 - web link: Mandatory Closure of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran
More evidence of pressures on Christians in Iran come with the Assemblies of God authorities announcing that Friday (the weekly national holiday) worship services would no longer take place and only Sunday services, in two separate shifts, will be conducted. FCNN 6 November 2009
06 November 2009 - web link: Why the Pope is offering this now
Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O'Connor's reflections on the Pope's approach to Anglicans.This response of Pope Benedict is no reflection or comment on the Anglican Comﾭmunion as a whole or of the Roman Catholic's ongoing ecumenical relationship with them. Church Times 6 November 2009
06 November 2009 - web link: Pensions Board replies over alleged hole in its fund
CHURCH OFENGLAND officials came out fighting this week after the Financial Times reported that the clergy pension scheme faced serious shortfalls. Bill Bowder, Church Times, 6 November 2009
06 November 2009 - web link: US talks at Lambeth as protest votes carried
Report of six bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States, who say that they represent the broad centre, met the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace last month.Pat Ashworth, Church Times, 6 November 2009
06 November 2009 - web link: Keep up swine-flu measures, Archbishops say after review
SWINE-FLU precautions should be maintained, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have told the Bishops. New government evidence had shown that nearly a third of all children could catch the virus. Bill Bowder Church Times 6 November 2009.
06 November 2009 - web link: Worlds Anglicans urged to condemn Ugandan Bill
Report of reaction to Ugandan Private Member's Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Pat Ashworth. Pat Ashworth Church Times 6 November 2009.
05 November 2009 - web link: The Death of an Archdeacon [in Sudan]
by Faith J.H. McDonnell, The Institue on Religion and Democracy site, November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Vicars' pensions under threat as church is seduced by equity cult
by Norma Cohen, Financial Times, 3 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Vatican Newspaper Denounces Swiss Theologian [Hans Kung]
by Luigi Sandri, Ethics Daily site, 4 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Diocese of Fort Worth Annual Convention Proposed Resolution on relations with Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Fort Worth site, 2 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: The Ven Donald Allister: next Bishop of Peterborough
Diocese of Peterborough site, 5 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Donald Allister appointed next Bishop of Peterborough
Number 10 Downing Street site, 5 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Outrage as Jesus is portrayed as a transexual woman
The creator of a controversial play which depicts Christ returned to earth as a female transsexual has accused critics of misinterpreting her work. Nearly 300 people picketed the opening night of Jesus, Queen of Heaven at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. By Jonathan Brown, Independent, 5 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: Diarmaid MacCulloch on his new series A History of Christianity
Damian Thompson previews. Telegraph, 5 November 2009
05 November 2009 - web link: More backing for Anglican Covenant
The Dioceses of Western Louisiana and South Carolina have endorsed the Ridley-Cambridge draft of the Anglican Covenant, joining Central Florida as the third American diocese to formally back the Archbishop of Canterburys plan. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 5 November 2009
04 November 2009 - web link: Episcopal body files suit in Tsunami fraud row
Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) of the American Episcopal Church has filed suit against the Church of South India (CSI) to recover 1 million pounds allegedly stolen by its former General Secretary Dr Pauline Sathiamurthy. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 4 November 2009
04 November 2009 - web link: Vatican Newspaper Denounces Hans Kung
The Vatican newspaper has criticized the Swiss-born Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kung after he accused Pope Benedict XVI of an unecumenical luring away of discontented Anglicans. By Luigi Sandri, Religion News Service, 4 November 2009
04 November 2009 - web link: USA: Christians Urged to Speak Out Against Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill
Thousands of Americans are expressing outrage over a new bill in Uganda that would heavily penalize those involved in homosexuality. By Lilian Kwon, Christian Post, 3 November 2009
04 November 2009 - web link: Climate change, justice and faith
The effects of climate change will fall hardest on the developing world. Our sense of justice demands we act now. By John Houghton, CiF,Guardian, 4 November 2009
04 November 2009 - web link: Most improbable dialogue
Mormon Tabernacle revival service is latest sign of openness to evangelicals. By Richard N. Ostling, Christianity Today, 30 November 2009
03 November 2009 - web link: A New Anglicanism
More than ever, we need to renew our vision of what it means to be an evangelical Anglican, says Michael Jensen, Sydney Anglicans, 3 November 2009
03 November 2009 - web link: Statement from Church of Pakistan on recent persecution of Christians
The recent tragedy of Gojra, where nine Pakistani Christians were burnt to death by a frenzied mob, has raised yet again the whole issue of the status and security of the religious minorities in an overwhelmingly Islamic country like Pakistan. This incident has highlighted in a very painful and tragic way, the experiences of Pakistani Christians. ACNS 2 November 2009
03 November 2009 - web link: Vatican row delays Anglo-Catholic text
A row has broken out behind the Vatican walls over the "confusion" surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's opening to disaffected Anglicans, according to a papal biographer. By Richard Owen, Times, 29 October 2009
03 November 2009 - web link: Dawkins et al bring us into disrepute
There's a schism alright, and I seem to find myself on the unfashionable side of it. By Michael Ruse, CiF Guardian, 3 November 2009
02 November 2009 - web link: Cardinal: New Vatican move not a reflection on Anglican Communion
An English cardinal said Pope Benedict XVI's decision to receive entire groups of Anglicans into the Catholic Church did not represent a comment on the state of the Anglican Communion. By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service, 2 November 2009
02 November 2009 - web link: BBC's Muslim head of religion reveals a Protestant work ethic
Christianity is still the schedule's cornerstone, says Aaqil Ahmed. By Bess Twiston Davies, Times, 31 October 2009
02 November 2009 - web link: Cathedrals: heavens on earth
Why visit an art gallery when you can visit a cathedral instead? Jonathan Jones takes a tour of our forgotten masterpieces. Guardian 1 November 2009
02 November 2009 - web link: Preach for a greener and fairer land
The Church of England should be more radical when campaigning on the environment, says George Pitcher. Telegraph, 2 November 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Bill
by Andrew Marin, Love is an Orientation site, 30 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Uganda: The other shoe drops
by Warren Throckmorton, Warren Throckmorton site, 14 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Text of the Ugandan Anti Homosexuality Bill
Warren Throckmorton site, October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Should American Christians Care about Gays in Uganda?
by Warren Throckmorton, Crosswalk site, October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Kenya launches gay survey while homosexuality remains illegal
by Xan Rice, The Guardian, 29 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Nigeria: Christian Movie Capital of the World
Spirituality fuels Nollywood's booming film industry. By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today, November 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Vatican issues 'clarification' of Anglican plan which does not rule out ordaining married laymen
Damian Thompson blog, Telegraph, 31 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor: Conversion offer to disaffected Anglicans was previously rejected as 'casting the net too wide'
The proposal to allow disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome was previously rejected as too aggressive, the former head of the Catholic church in England has disclosed. By Martin Beckford, Telegraph, 31 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Two US dioceses back Amglican covenant
The Dioceses of Western Louisiana and South Carolina have endorsed the Ridley-Cambridge draft of the Anglican Covenant, joining Central Florida as the third American diocese to formally back the Archbishop of Canterburys plan for creating a structure to manage the divisions over doctrine and discipline dividing the Anglican Communion. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 31 October 2009
01 November 2009 - web link: Pope's offer provokes mixed reactions among Anglicans
ANGLICANS are divided over the announcement, last week, by the Vatican that they could form Perﾭsonal Ordinariates under the authorﾭity of Pope Benedict XVI. Many Anglicans said that it was no substiﾭtute for restored communion between the two Churches. Others welcomed the move. By Bill Bowder, Church Times, 30 October 3009

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