Author: Catherine Pepinster
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Chief inspector: English schools need to address extremist elements – Religion News Service
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Stressed-out Anglican priests turn to trade unions for support
People hug after the Hereford Cathedral Deacons Ordination in July 2017, in a scene from the show “A Vicar’s Life.” Photo by Richard Weaver Richard Weaver People hug after the Hereford Cathedral Deacons Ordination in July 2017, in a scene from the show “A Vicar’s Life.” Photo by Richard Weaver Richard Weaver
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2018 likely to be another tough year for the archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON (RNS) — If 2017 was a tough year for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby keeping the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion together, 2018 promises to be tougher still. There were continuing squabbles over same-sex marriage and headlines about declining congregations through the past 12 months. But in 2018 Welby will have…
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Anglican bishops prep for tough talks on same-sex marriage
The first same-sex wedding in an Anglican church in the UK took place when Peter Matthews and Alistair Dinnie married one another at St. John’s Church in Edinburgh on September 16, 2017, after the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) overturned the Anglican canon law stipulation that marriage must be between a man and a woman in…
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Evensong sees a surge even as British church attendance declines
LONDON – The line of locals and tourists stretches about 400 people long, and one might think they are waiting to get into a play or museum. But these people want to go to a church service. In Britain, where churchgoing is mostly in decline, what has drawn the crowd on a late afternoon in…
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British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor dies at 85
British Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor attends a Mass for the election of a new pope inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, on March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Andrew Medichini British Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor attends a Mass for the election of a new pope inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, on March…
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Evensong sees a surge even as British church attendance declines
Evensong during the “Primates 2016” gathering in Canterbury on January 11, 2016, in southern England. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Anglican Archives Evensong during the “Primates 2016” gathering in Canterbury on January 11, 2016, in southern England. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Anglican Archives
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Britain’s first Anglican same-sex marriage celebrated in a Scottish church
St. John’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Jan Brünemann St. John’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Jan Brünemann