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ON MONDAY, the General Synod took note of a report from the Implementation and Dialogue Group (IDG) on whether the Five Guiding Principles, established in 2014 to enable those unable to receive the ministry of female bishops or priests to flourish within the Church’s life and structures, were still “fit for purpose”

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“NO FIXED abode” is no place for the thousands of women who are released from prison by a “shocking” system that sets up the vulnerable to fail, the Bishop of Gloucester has said

11 Jun 2021

Aid cuts not worth the damage, say bishops

REDUCING Britain’s international-aid budget will be a false economy, the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Revd James Langstaff, said in the House of Lords last week

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01 Oct 2020

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29 May 2020

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22 Mar 2020

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21 Feb 2020

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