Fulcrum Newswatch http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/?18 Fulcrum Newswatch RSS feed from http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/ - updated daily with links of interest for open evangelicals in the Church of England en-gb Copyright 2010 Fulcrum Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:17:42 GMT Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:17:42 GMT Fulcrum/CFML http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/images/logo75.gif Fulcrum Newswatch http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/?18 75 100 Fulcrum Logo fulcrum@storcmentre.net (Fulcrum Newswatch Editor) fulcrum@storcmentre.net (Fulcrum Webmaster) 60 'The finality of Christ in a pluralist world' http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7956 by Rowan Williams, lecture given at Guildford Cathedral, 2 March 2010, Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 2 March 2010 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7956 Fulcrum Newswatch Pope being set up over Munich sex abuse case, says Vatican http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7955 by John Hooper, The Guardian, 14 March 2010 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7955 Fulcrum Newswatch Pope [when an Archbishop] knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7954 by Richad Owen, The Times, 13 March 2010 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7954 Fulcrum Newswatch Writing a way through grief http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7953 Books on bereavement are a rare mix of personal and universal  cathartic for both reader and writer. Mark Lawson on recent books by bereaved spouses. Guardian Comment is Free 13 March 2010 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7953 Fulcrum Newswatch 'They herded us into one place and started chopping with machetes...' http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7952 Jos has been ravaged by sectarian violence, with hundreds killed and thrown into mass graves. Daniel Howden, the first British newspaper journalist to visit the Nigerian town since the massacre, hears the survivors' stories. Independent 13 March 2010 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7952 Fulcrum Newswatch Backlash at the East London Mosque http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7951 In the two weeks since the Islamic Forum of Europe were exposed by The Sunday Telegraph and Channel 4s Dispatches as hardline fundamentalists secretly infiltrating the political system, they have been furiously protesting their 'proven track record of community cohesion'. Last week, however, the organisation showed its true face. Andrew Gilligan.Telegraph. 13 March 2010

 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7951 Fulcrum Newswatch Tea Parties stir evangelical fears http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7950 
The rise of a new conservative grass roots fueled by a secular revulsion at government spending is stirring fears among leaders of the old conservative grass roots, the evangelical Christian right. By Ben Smith, Politico, 13 March 2010
 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7950 Fulcrum Newswatch Free Churches question whether BNP should be allowed to stand in elections http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7949 The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Methodist Church in Britain have questioned whether the BNP should be allowed to stand as a party in the General Election. Ekklesia, 13 March 2010 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7949 Fulcrum Newswatch Evangelical and ecumenical leaders meet in Geneva http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7948 The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, and the international director of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA),the Rev Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, have met to discuss their common concerns. By Jenna Lyle, Christian Today 10 March 2010 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7948 Fulcrum Newswatch Archbishop of Jos calls on leaders to act after massacre http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7947 NIGERIANS this week buried the victims of a massacre near the central city of Jos. Many of the preﾭdominantly Christian villagers who were killed were women and children. Bill Bowder. Church Times 12 March 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7947 Fulcrum Newswatch Bishop Bakare of Zimbabwe asks for Christian solidarity http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7946 THE former Bishop of Harare, Dr Sebastian Bakare, has renewed his plea for Christian solidarity over the continuing persecution of Anglicans in the diocese.Pat Ashworth. Church Times 12 March 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7946 Fulcrum Newswatch Pakistan's 'Blasphemy' Laws Claim 3 More Christians http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7945 A Christian couple was sentenced to 25 years in prison for violating Pakistan's widely condemned 'blasphemy' laws last week, and another Christian convicted without basis under the same statutes the previous week received the same sentence. Christian Post. March 11 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7945 Fulcrum Newswatch Cardinal Schoenborn says celibacy partly to blame for clerical sex abuse http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7944 By Richard Owen and Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 12 March 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7944 Fulcrum Newswatch Haiti Earthquake: Who's given what? http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7943 The global response to the Haiti earthquake has been extraordinary and generous. But in the midst of all the reporting, its difficult to keep track of the numbers. In particular, who has given what, who has dug deepest, and how the Haiti relief fund currently compares to those of other tragedies. Here are the results at the end of January. David McCandless. Information is Beautiful.

 
 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7943 Fulcrum Newswatch Glasspool receives required consents in unofficial tally http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7942 Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop Suffragan-elect Mary Douglas Glasspool has received the required number of consents from diocesan standing committees to her ordination and consecration, pending verification by the presiding bishop's office. Episcopal News Service, 10 March 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7942 Fulcrum Newswatch Pakistan attack kills aid workers http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7941 Attackers armed with grenades bombed the offices of an World Vision in north-west Pakistan today, killing six people working for the organisation, police said. Guardian 10 March 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7941 Fulcrum Newswatch The Camberley mosque should be stopped http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7940 Dr Taj Hargey is the chairman of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford and the imam of the Summertown Islamic Congregation in Oxford explains why he opposes the proposed mosque in Camberley. Times 10 March 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7940 Fulcrum Newswatch Camberley churches protest at mosque that will tower over Sandhurst http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7939 Churches have joined together to protest against plans for a mosque that would tower over the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, with one minister describing it as a supremacist statement for Islam. Fiona Hamilton Times 10 March 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7939 Fulcrum Newswatch Sheikh Tantawi, Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81 http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7938 Egypt's foremost Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died, aged 81, while on a trip to Saudi Arabia. BBC 10 March 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7938 Fulcrum Newswatch Dont be so sure invading Iraq was immoral http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7937 The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has run about half its course. Judging by the dominant reaction of the British press, its sole function is to prove what we all know to be true: that the invasion was immoral and Tony Blair is to blame. The surfeit of moral certainty among the commentators is suspect; the zealous clarity of their moral waters needs muddying. Nigel Biggar,Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford. Financial Times 10 March 2010

 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7937 Fulcrum Newswatch Questions arise as 'most godless place' gets first saint http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7936 Australia - described in the 19th century by a Scottish church minister as "the most Godless place under heaven" - will get its first saint when Sister Mary MacKillop later in the year. But an Anglican bishop from Sydney has raised questions. ENI, 9 March 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7936 Fulcrum Newswatch Jos archbishop asks 'Where is government?' http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7935 Following the murder of more than 500 people in the latest shocking violence in the Jos area, we reproduce here in its entirety an open letter from the Rt Rev Benjamin Kwashi, Archbishop of Jos. He describes local peace moves and rails against lack of government action. CMS website, 9 March 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7935 Fulcrum Newswatch Father Hans Kung blames Catholic views on sex for clerical child abuse http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7934 A leading Roman Catholic theologian has linked clerical sex abuse with priestly celibacy, blaming the Churchs uptight views on sex for child abuse scandals in Germany, Ireland and the US. Ruth Gledhill. Times 9 March 2010 

 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7934 Fulcrum Newswatch Bob Geldof anger at BBC over Band Aid allegations http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7933 Documentary on rebels siphoning cash sparks fury, with legal action threatened and sackings demanded. Sam Jones and James Robinson Guardian 9 March 2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=7933 Fulcrum Newswatch