Church Times - Synod reports


Mentally ill prisoners ‘a cause of outrage’ THE SYNOD has urged the Government to send people to prison only where it is necessary, to pursue effective non-custodial sanctions against crime, and... Subscriber only	Holding the media to account THE General Synod, expressing concern about media standards, spoke on Thursday of last week of the “current tendency to exploit the humiliation of human... Subscriber only	In good heart about church schools THE SYNOD has agreed the direction of further development of Church of England schools in the run-up to the National Society’s bicentenary in 2011 Subscriber only

Synod: Weddings DESPITE an apparent change of mood in the Synod concerning the approach it wanted to take in the draft Church of England Marriage Measure, the revision... Subscriber only	Synod: Eucharist THE SYNOD gave first consideration to Draft Amending Canon No. 28. Subscriber only	Synod: electronic voting THE SYNOD has decided to press on with introducing an electronic voting system for its debates. Subscriber only

Synod: CBF funds THE SYNOD voted to confirm the appointment of CBF Funds Trustee Limited to administer certain funds in place of the Central Board of Finance (CBF), and... Subscriber only

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