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Bishop Lopes takes on Australian portfolio as the Anglican Ordinariate streamlines operations

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Steven Lopes of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter to serve as apostolic administrator of Australia's Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, the Vatican announced May 11. The appointment means Lopes will now...
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Catholic Training in Beijing Centered on Xi Jinping, Not the Pope’s Magisterium

Catholics nationwide are being asked to implement the instructions of the 2026 national training session on the “Sinicization of Catholicism,” held in April at the Central Institute of Socialism in Beijing. The event and resulting directives offered yet another unvarnished demonstration of what “Sinicization” means in...
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Martin Davie’s response to the House of Bishops’ statement on Gaza

On the 22 May this year, the House of Bishops issued a statement about...
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A response to “Unity – Anglicanism’s impossible dream”

Charlie Bell’s book Unity – Anglicanism’s Impossible Dream  is a book that it is difficult to...
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A response to Charlie Bell “Renewing Communion”

In his recent essay ‘Renewing Communion: A queering of unity and colonialism’ which he...
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‘Pitfalls of the Ephesian Fund’ – a response

In the Church Times on 15 November 2024 there was an article by Richard Dormandy entitled...
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Article XVII as a guide to the Christian world view

This post is the text of the John Rodgers’ Lecture which I delivered at...
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Why the Archbishop of Canterbury needs to think again on Israel and the International Court of Justice

In a recent statement issued by Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury has given...
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What is the ecclesiological problem with a third province?

In a letter of 2 July this year to the signatories of a letter...
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What is the ecclesiological problem with a third province?

In a letter of 2 July this year to the signatories of a letter...
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WATCH’s proposal to abolish the ‘House of Bishops Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests’

The Church of England is a church in which women can be ordained as...
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Geographical episcopacy – a further response to Charlie Bell

In my previous article on this site I responded to Charlie Bell’s article ‘Finding...
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What do we mean by reconciliation?

In his opening speech in the debate on LLF in General Synod yesterday, Bishop...
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On not saying anything significant – a response to GS 2346

Back in the days when I used to work at Church House, London, I...
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Bishop Lopes takes on Australian portfolio as the Anglican Ordinariate streamlines operations

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Steven Lopes of the Personal Ordinariate of the...
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Catholic Training in Beijing Centered on Xi Jinping, Not the Pope’s Magisterium

Catholics nationwide are being asked to implement the instructions of the 2026 national training session...
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‘Antisemitism is evil, it must be confronted wherever it appears’, Bishop Lusa tells rally

Address to the Standing Strong: Extinguish Antisemitism rally on May 10, 2026 Friends, We gather...
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New York man sentenced to prison for Hate Crime against Episcopal rector

A 32-year-old New York man has been sentenced to one-and-one-third to four years in...