February Synod

Feb 17, 2025 by

For those wishing to catch up on what happened at Synod, Anglican Futures have done an excellent job of giving a brief summary each day with links for further exploration for those wishing to know more. Below are each day’s...

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Hostile activists never learnt art of persuasion

Feb 17, 2025 by

As the tide turns on woke causes, it’s clear they were driven by intimidation instead of argument Tomiwa Owolade Monday February 17 2025,  The Times The idea that trans women should be able to compete in women’s sport, that they should...

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The Biggest Peacetime Crime—and Cover-up—in British History

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Dominic Green, The Free Press: The serial rape of thousands of English girls went on for many years. Few in power cared. Then Elon Musk started tweeting. LONDON — The grooming and serial rape of thousands of English girls by men of...

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Governance Measure amended to specify provision for cure of souls in poorer parishes

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Madeline Grant, Church Times: THE new national body to replace the Archbishops’ Council will have to have “particular regard” for the cure of souls in poorer parishes in the use of Church Commissioners’ funding. An amendment to this...

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Counter-extremism analyst warns the UK is becoming a ‘global powerbase’ for radical Islam due to Keir Starme...

Feb 17, 2025 by

By Aidan Radnedge, Daily Mail: A counter-extremism analyst has warned that Britain risks becoming a ‘global powerbase’ for radical Islam unless Sir Keir Starmer’s government takes action. Middle East commentator Amjad...

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Voices that oppose the assisted dying bill aren’t ‘noise’. They are vital scrutiny

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Sonia Sodha, Guardian: Rather than rush through such a high-stakes law, it’s essential to listen to all sides of the debate. You can glean a lot from the way someone characterises their opponents in a debate. Do they engage with them...

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The totalitarian underpinnings of hate crime laws

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Gabriël Moens and Augusto Zimmermann, Mercator: In Australia, there are many “bad laws” that seek to criminalise, rather than promote, free speech. For example, at the state level, we have the states’ Change or Suppression (Conversion)...

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The assisted suicide bill gets more deadly

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Daniel Dieppe, Christian Concern: Daniel Dieppe comments on life-saving amendments being rejected in the Assisted Suicide Bill Committee this week. The assisted suicide bill is now on life support. In a dramatic last-minute manoeuvre,...

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Half of all murders drug-related for fifth year in a row

Feb 17, 2025 by

from The Christian Institute: At least half of all murders over the last five years in England and Wales were drug related, new figures have shown. Analysing Home Office data, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 1,640 of...

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The balance of power between bishops and clergy has been altered for the better

Feb 17, 2025 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: The Church of England’s bishops emerge from last week’s meeting of the General Synod with their power significantly diminished. The slew of safeguarding scandals that has hit the Church in...

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Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It

Feb 17, 2025 by

By David Bell, Brownstone Institute. Some actions of humans are so dark that we prefer to ignore them, avoiding the darkening of our own thoughts. When others assist us by denigrating truth-tellers or censoring news, we may be quietly...

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