Monthly Archives: August 2022

Soon after the call of Pope Francis, at his recent Consistory Meeting with the College of Cardinals in Rome, where he counselled the cardinals to pursue the way of Pastoral Care rather than dogmatic proclamation; we have this Meeting of … Continue reading →

Here is an up-to-date article, from the Australian publication ‘Conversations’, which questions a proposition that a binary understanding of sexuality is at the heart of Christian ‘orthodoxy’. In a masterful essay, Mark Jennings, a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies in … Continue reading →

Although the recent consistory – a meeting of the Pope and the Cardinals at the Vatican – was held in secret, reports from various participants have freely admitted that a substantial part of the discussion (which took place, mostly in … Continue reading →

This paragraph from the writing of the Very Revd Dr. David Ison – who is shortly to retire as Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London – gives a clue to what he sees as being at the heart of true … Continue reading →

While the dovecotes in some parts of our own worldwide Anglican Communion are fluttering – with concerns about how we read the Bible on matters of human gender and sexuality – our friends in the wider Roman Catholic Church are … Continue reading →

In the wake of the recent Anglican LAMBETH CONFERENCE, the bishops who have separated themselves out from the traditional ministry of the Church to ALL people – both sinners and saints – in order to preach a code of holiness … Continue reading →

There are plenty of oxymoronic quasi-spiritual titles for certain quasi-Anglican blogs around the Internet these days This little gem, from an organisation that calls itself ‘Anglican Ink’ – featured on another (more presumptuously-titled) ‘Anglican Mainstream’ – makes an effort to … Continue reading →

An open letter (below) to the new bishop of the dissident ‘Anglican Diocese of The Southern Cross’, which was formed by the nascent Gafcon/Acna movement in Australia, may help people to understand the conservative evangelical character of the new quasi-Anglican … Continue reading →

This picture, now on the website of U.S. based blogger, David Virtue (ex-Kiwi), is evidence of the new faces of the conservative evangelical brand of Anglicanism its promoters, the GAFCON/ACNA organisation, hope will take flight in Australia – in protest, … Continue reading →

Reporter Kathryn Post, of RELIGION NEWS, reports on the recent decision of the conservative evangelical ‘Gafcon Australia’ group to form its own separate quasi-‘Anglican Diocese of the Southern Cross’ – for ex-Anglicans who oppose the Church’s affirming attitude towards committed … Continue reading →