The Observer is reporting that Church of England Bishops have begun a parliamentary campaign to oppose Clause 61 in the Coroners and Justice Bill, that would remove the Waddington amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill. Here’s the jist of the …

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Inspired by the Twurch of England post and stream by the Church Mouse, find below a sortable list of Bishops and Clergy of the Church of England who tweet. The table calls a live value from the Twitter site to …

The Twurch of England Read more »

Question. What has over 800 legs, 400 brains (some of them covered by the most impressive eyebrows), several purple shirts and yet still can’t come to an agreed mind on the introduction of women bishops. Answer (if you still hadn’t …

Live Blogging Synod Read more »

The more observant of you today (30th January) will notice that the site has up a picture of Charles I and the collect for today. It reads: King of kings and Lord of lords, whose faithful servant Charles prayed for …

Why Charles and why a martyr? Read more »

Or, to be a touch more precise, here in St Albans we have a new bishop, and he is Alan Smith. Bishop Smith is currently Suffragan of Shrewsbury in Lichfield Diocese, a former chaplain of Lee Abbey and a graduate …

Habemus Papam!! Read more »

Judith Maltby, the Chaplain of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, has written a piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free section on their web. In it she unfortunately demonstrates a lack of real engagement with the theological objections of those …

Maltby, Women Bishops and the Twisting of Words Read more »