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Bishops: from announcement to installation
When does +Steven Sheffield become +Steven Oxon? Last week we reported that No 10 had issued a Press Release which stated: “The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Steven John...
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Objectors to female bishops
On 20 July, WATCH (Women and the Church) issued a Press Release commenting on the presence of objectors at the consecration of female bishops, and hoping that at the next consecration of female...
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Acclamation, assent and disruption
Further thoughts on objectors to women bishops and how the Church might respond This post gives further consideration to the Press Release issued by WATCH (Women and the Church) on 20 July, which...
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Objectors to female bishops – update
ABC promises action following WATCH letter on objectors On 20 July, WATCH (Women and the Church) issued a Press Release commenting on the presence of objectors at the consecration of female bishops,...
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Court hears objector to female bishops
Behind the scenes of the installation of Rt Revd Sarah Mullally to the See of London At 16.00 on Thursday 8 March 2018, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Court of the Vicar General sat at the church...
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Oxford job ad creates stir
“Not poets but clergymen hastened to meet Thy redden’d remorselessness, Cardigan Street” St Barnabas, Oxford, John Betjeman On 4th September 2018, the Diocese of Oxford posted the notice of a clergy...
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Law and religion round-up – 28th October
A very busy week, so where to start? Maybe with… … blasphemy in Ireland In 1999, the common-law offence of blasphemy was ruled incompatible with the requirement in the Constitution of Ireland for...
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Seven Bishops and a PCC: St George’s, Headstone
Satisfying the singular requirements of the PCC of St George’s, Headstone… … or possibly not. The events surrounding the following Report will probably be incomprehensible to most non-Anglicans as well...
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Law and religion round-up – 17th February
The ECHR again, Holocaust denial, marriages of EEA nationals after Brexit, some interesting thoughts from the ICLR on family law… “What next for the Human Rights Act? On Wednesday, there was a debate...
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Law and religion round-up – 24th March
A week that saw the Home Office reach a new low in religious illiteracy… … and continued interest in Robert Meakin’s 2016 post, Gilmour v Coats Revisited on public benefit and the advancement of...
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