The kitchen at Puyferrat Knowing that we had a long way to go, Fabienne and I had agreed to be up and off early. Our host was nowhere to be seen, but we had a basic breakfast and were away by eight, fully clad for rain. There had been thunder and downpours in the night. …
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It is some time now since the meeting of General Synod in mid-November. At that gathering the Synod decided to endorse the issuing of the Prayers of Love and Faith, and, through an amendment to the main motion moved by the Bishop of Oxford, to allow the Archbishops to commend for experimental use 'stand-alone services' …
The Church of England likes to portray itself as the friend of civil partnerships for LGBT+ people. This is notwithstanding the fact that when the legislation was passing through the House of Lords in 2004 the majority of its 26 bishops in the British upper chamber of parliament voted for an amendment that was widely …
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