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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the latest twist involving the Russian Orthodox Church feels like something pulled straight from a Cold War spy novel. On May 24, 2026, Czech police pulled over a vehicle leaving the...
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A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is still too early to settle on a definitive assessment of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy. One year after his election (8th May 2025), however, it is possible to discern some key...
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Welby takes a u-turn on LLF reports Colin Coward

Yesterday and today another round of meetings (sorry, engagement opportunity) at the Lambeth Palace...
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The Archbishop of Canterbury meets thirty four representatives of progressive organisations

On Friday afternoon, forty one people gathered forming a huge rectangle in the room...
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A brief evolutionary context for today’s global and Christian crises

On Wednesday afternoon, 6th September 2023, five members of the Church of England met...
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Bishop of Southwark outed over gay priest being defrocked

The i newspaper has published an article about the outcome of the CDM pursued...
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Love, honesty, openness, courage and integrity please, bishops

The latest issue of Private Eye carries an article about bishops in the...
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Eight Progressive CofE Groups to meet Next Steps Group Bishops

On Friday 30 September two meetings are being held at Lambeth Palace Library. A...
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Honest to God and the Salvation Theology of LLF

This is the opening section of a chapter from the book I’ve nearly completed....
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Call to pro-gay bishops to express public support for full LGBTIQ+ equality in the Church of England.

An inclusive pro-LGBTIQ+ group including gay and straight members has written to thirty four...
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Living in Love and Faith: it’s long, complex, and fails LGBTI Anglicans

I have been anticipating the publication of the Living in Love and Faith document...
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Being who I am. An essay on human sexuality and the Church of England

The question I heard the Church asking long ago in my youth and that...

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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the...
Op-Ed

A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is...
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Ndukuba: Nigeria is missing oil windfall while debt, China deals, and insecurity bite

Nigeria should be riding an oil boom. Instead, the Primate of All Nigeria told...
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Italian bishop to LGBTQ people: I speak not of “welcoming” but of “recognition and full integration.”

Editor’s note: On May 16, 2026 at the Parish of Santa Maria Stella in...