Newsletter 4th October 2019

October 4, 2019 in Newsletters

Dean Hall calls for state-funded Muslim schools
THE Government should be “more consistent” in its work with and support of faith communities, particularly of Muslim children in “poorly funded” independent schools, the outgoing Dean of Westminster Abbey, the Very Revd John Hall, has said. Dean H...
Bishops join Extinction Rebellion protesters in London
THE Bishops of Liverpool and Colchester joined Extinction Rebellion protesters in Trafalgar Square before the second and final week of climate-change protests. On Sunday, the Bishop of Colchester, the Rt Revd Roger Morris, joined members of Christ...
In Rome, St John Henry Newman should be a Doctor of the Church, archbishop tells conference
THOUSANDS of pilgrims and ecumenical and national representatives travelled from the UK to the Vatican for the canonisation of John Henry Newman, one of the founders of the Church of England’s Oxford Movement, on Sunday. They included a large Angl...
World news in brief
South American bishops call for zero deforestation EIGHT Anglican bishops across five South American countries released a joint statement last week calling on governments to implement zero deforestation urgently. The Primate of South America, the ...