Has C of E learnt from lockdown?

Mar 19, 2023 by

by Angela Tilby, Church Times: ON 24 March 2020, clergy in the Church of England were told that they must not enter their churches, a day after the Prime Minister named places of worship as among the buildings that must close in an effort...

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In the Affluent West Our Fear of Death Has Made Us Susceptible to Public Health Tyranny

Mar 14, 2023 by

by David Bell, Daily Sceptic: The Western world has been caught in a spiral of self-harm and debasement for the past three years. Aspects of the underlying psychology have been discussed in abstract terms, regarding mass anxiety and the...

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Pandemic Pandemonium And The Purple Powers

Mar 10, 2023 by

by ‘Sioux Grey Wolf’, Psephizo: The UK Government is conducting a review of how it handled the Covid-19 pandemic. We already know some of the successes (chiefly the roll-out of the vaccine) and some of the scandals (PPE deals, parties)....

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Lockdown-loving bishops, where is your remorse?

Mar 10, 2023 by

by Julian Mann, TCW: THE egregious failure of the Church of England’s bishops to question, let alone resist, the Covid dictatorship must not be overlooked in the focus on the nasty careerist behaviour of politicians, spin doctors and...

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Clergy well-being declined during pandemic

Jan 16, 2023 by

from Religion Media Centre: A report into the wellbeing of Church of England clergy has found an overall decline since 2019, exacerbated by the pandemic. “Covenant, Calling and Crisis: Autonomy, accountability and wellbeing among Church...

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Covid and the Church of England’s retreat

Jan 4, 2023 by

by Ben Phillips, Artillery Row: Parishioners were ill-served by the Church’s pandemic response. […]  In those weird and strange days, where our collective mortality was starkly apparent, where did the Church go? For most, that means...

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