Diocese of Montreal Bishop wants “Whole World” on board with Same-Sex Marriage

Aug 31, 2018 by

By Jonathan Widell, Virtueonline: Same-sex marriage is a hotly debated issue in the Anglican Church of Canada. Especially now that the General Synod voted in favour of it in 2016 with the narrowest of margins and the advocates of same-sex...

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Frank Field: a canary in Labour’s coalmine

Aug 31, 2018 by

by David Baker, Christian Today: Like the canaries miners once carried underground as an early warning sign for dangerous gases, the resignation of Frank Field from the Labour whip is an urgent alarm call. It’s a siren sounding a...

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When did women’s rights stop being human rights?

Aug 31, 2018 by

by Jo Bartosch, UnHerd: Imagine a country where the government is planning to take away the rights of women. Academics stay silent for the sake of their careers. Journals and professional publications retract articles and apologise for...

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If you want cohabitation rights, get married

Aug 31, 2018 by

by Harry Benson, The Conservative Woman: After 23 years and four children together, Siobhan McLaughlin’s partner died, leaving her to cope on her own. I’ve been married for 32 years and can’t imagine the awfulness of losing the person who...

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Queen appoints new Bishop of Truro

Aug 31, 2018 by

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Philip Ian Mounstephen, MA, Executive Leader of the Church Mission Society, for election as Bishop of Truro in succession to the Right Reverend Timothy Martin Thornton, MA,...

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Good week for Archbishop Justin Welby

Aug 31, 2018 by

Prayers answered as Wonga goes into administration. ‘War on Wonga: We’re putting you out of business, Archbishop of Canterbury tells payday loan company’, the Independent reported in 2013. This week from the BBC: …the...

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Unmarried mother wins Supreme Court Widowed Parent’s benefit case

Aug 30, 2018 by

from BBC NI: An unmarried mother has won a landmark UK Supreme Court case which could allow her to claim a Widowed Parent’s Allowance (WPA). Mother of four, Siobhan McLaughlin from County Antrim, lived with her partner for 23 years...

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Sex education and the myth of neutrality

Aug 30, 2018 by

by Philippa Taylor, CMF: The Department for Education is drafting guidance for schools who are now required to teach Relationships Education (RE) at primary school and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) at secondary school. It is...

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Gay predators, telling the truth and spring-cleaning the Church

Aug 30, 2018 by

by Gavin Ashenden: Not long ago in Wales, a child doctor, a paediatrician, had her house vandalised and damaged. A morally indignant Welshman had become understandably enraged by some of the stories he had heard about paedophiles. Sadly,...

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Kill your baby at home. Doctors are finding abortions too traumatic

Aug 30, 2018 by

by Jules Gomes, Rebel Priest: The abortion industry is in trouble. Big trouble. If you run a hospital you need doctors. If you run a slaughterhouse you need butchers. If you run an abortion abattoir you need doctors who will double-up as...

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