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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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Lambeth Conferences and Calls – A Lessons Learned Review

It is unlikely that readers of Modern Church would have come across the Galton...
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Martyn Percy: The Church of England…. Trustworthy?

If a Church values loyalty and reputation far more than truth and justice it...
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Martyn Percy: Ethical? (or, Tea and Sympathy Are Not Enough)

As Peter Drucker famously remarked, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”.  It is therefore no...
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Martyn Percy: The Ministry of Truth and Safeguarding in the Church of England (A ‘Lessons Learned Review’ from 1984)

From the Modern Church blog: As any student of George Orwell knows, the world of 1984 turns...
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Martyn Percy: Why I’m leaving the Church of England

The Church of England (CoE) is one of the few major British institutions remaning...
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Martyn Percy: Some Critical Comment on “Bishops and Ministry Fit for a New Context”

One can hardly do better than the satirical takes on the latest attempt at...
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Time, Light, Truth and Christmas Hope: a reflection by Martyn Percy

‘Respair’ is a very old word that one hardly ever uses these days.  The...
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Churches and Cultural Climate-Change Denial (Part One): Learning from Canute

Editor's note: Writing at the Modern Church, Martyn Percy discusses the short sightedness of...

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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...