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THE Government defeated the attempts by a prominent Christian MP
to amend the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Monday evening,
but it witnessed a rebellion by more than 100 members of the
Conservative party.
A Conservative MP has denied that the amendment that he has
tabled to the Government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is
designed to wreck it.
AN INDEPENDENT inquiry is to be set up into allegations that a
former Archbishop of York, the Rt Revd Lord Hope of Thornes, failed
to report allegations of child abuse, either to the police, or to
independent child-protection agencies.
Current guidelines do not state that allegations by adult
survivors of abuse should automatically be reported to the
police.
ALL complaints against a former Bishop of Lewes, the Rt Revd
Wallace Benn (right), under the Clergy Discipline Measure, have
been dismissed, it was announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, three
abusers have been sentenced.
THE Church Commissioners are engaged in "intensive" board-level
discussions with Barclays Bank, seeking assurances of a
"fundamental turnaround in culture".
THE laughter and standing ovation that the Archbishop of
Cantebrury received in the Royal Albert Hall on Monday suggested
that, despite his saying that the "deepest wounds" he had suffered
had been at the hands of his fellow Christians, he does not lack
support.
THE first female Dean of Llandaff, the Very Revd Janet
Henderson, has resigned, just over two months after she was
installed.
THE conviction on Tuesday of seven men who groomed and sexually
abused young girls in Oxford begs "huge questions about a society
that claims to be civilised", the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd
Nick Baines, has said.
A Methodist minister is not an "employee" of the Church, the
Supreme Court has ruled by a majority of four to one.
Dame Heather Steel to lead inquiries in Jersey; Qatada
seeks visit from Welby; Plea for release from
Guantanamo; URC General Assembly Moderator
inducted; Faith leaders attend summit on organ donation
THE Baptist Union has appointed its first woman general
secretary, the Revd Lynne Green.
Scenes from the Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown, this
week
DURHAM Cathedral is looking for adult volunteers to train in
using Lego bricks.
THE Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal for 2013
closes this week, having brought TAP past the £4.5-million
mark.
Tributes have been paid to the biblical scholar Professor Geza
Vermes, who died last week at the age of 88.
REPORTS that Canterbury Cathedral might be facing closure, after
it failed to win a £10.5-million bid from the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) for repairs, have been "greatly exaggerated", the cathedral's
PR officer, Christopher Robinson, said.
ALL complaints under the Clergy Discipline Measure against a
former Bishop of Lewes, the Rt Revd Wallace Benn, have been
dismissed, it was announced on Tuesday.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, announced on Saturday
afternoon that an independent inquiry is to be set up into
allegations that a former Archbishop of York, Lord Hope of Thornes,
failed to report allegations of child abuse, either to the
police, or to independent child protection agencies.
THE first female Dean of Llandaff, the Very Revd Janet
Henderson, has resigned, just over two months after she was
installed.
THE Church's special relationship with the Government over
schools - in place for 70 years since the 1944 settlement - is
dead, the C of E's top education spokesman has said.
A "quiet confidence" underlies the latest church-attendance
figures, which report growth in 20 out of the 44 dioceses, the
Bishop of Norwich, Rt Revd Graham James, said on Monday.
AFTER the announcement on Wednesday that Sir Alex Ferguson is to
retire as manager of Manchester United after 26 years in the post,
the Dean of Manchester, the Very Revd Rogers Govender, said:
"Manchester and its cathedral will miss Sir Alex."
Half of churchgoers have heard of an organist slipping
unexpected tunes into a service, suggests a new survey from
Christian Research, which has been published to coincide with the
Christian Resources Exhibition International next week.
STAFF and supporters of the mission agency Youth For Christ are
waiting to hear whether their marathon 48-hour five-a-side
sponsored football match last week will qualify as an official
Guinness World Record.
A TRUTH and reconciliation process should take place in the
diocese of Chichester, where, despite "enormous steps forward" in
safeguarding, the Church must avoid the temptation to give the
impression that "everything is all right." This is the conclusion
of the final report of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Visitation of
the diocese.