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‘LET WORSHIPPERS AVOID FEMALE PRIESTS’ Cathedrals should respect the wishes of those who do not want to attend services led by female priests, a report says. Dennis Belk, a longstanding worshipper at Wakefield Cathedral, complained to the dean and bishop of Wakefield that the cathedral had stopped publishing the names of priests who would be leading Holy Communion… The Bishop of Wakefield, the Right Rev Tony Robinson, told Mr Belk: ‘I entirely understand and share your concern about the change of practice… Unfortunately the dean and chapter seem determined to carry on with the new practice.’ Sir William Fittall, a retired civil servant, has conducted an independent review and said there was a duty to accommodate those who could not accept women priests. There was no ‘obvious reason’ why cathedral rotas needed to be confidential, he added. The Times
SERVICE MARKS 25 YEARS OF WOMEN PRIESTS Some of the first women to be ordained priests in the Church of England were joined by female ordinands at a service at Lambeth Palace… to mark the 25th anniversary of the first ordinations… The Bishop of Derby, the Right Rev Libby Lane – who, in January 2015, became the first female bishop in the Church – expressed the feelings of many when she said during the service that she had come to ‘honour those women and men who worked and prayed and
BAN CARS FROM IDLING NEAR SCHOOLS, SAYS UK PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY Cars should be banned from idling near schools and congestion charges imposed across the UK as part of measures recommended by the government public health agency. In a report… Public Health England said up to 36,000 people were dying each year from human-made air pollution.
struggled over decades [or] centuries’ to open up ministry to both genders…
It also pointed to emerging evidence of air pollution causing dementia, low birth weight and diabetes.
Introducing the service, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that it was a fair question to ask how long the Church should continue marking these anniversaries. ‘In a sense, you want the ministry of women to become unremarkable, just part of the normal fabric of the life of the Church. [But] we need to recognise that we are not there yet.’
In a 263-page review of the options for improving air quality the report calls on councils to introduce noidling zones outside schools and hospitals; the imposition of more congestion charges and low emission zones; and the development of a vehicle-charging infrastructure to promote a ‘step-change’ in the uptake of electric cars.
Church Times
The Guardian
CORONATION STREET BOSSES WORKING ON GRIM STORYLINE ABOUT MODERN SLAVERY FEATURING SEB FRANKLIN Bosses have hired actors to play an Eastern European gang including Romanian-born Ruxandra Porojnicu, who plays victim Alina…
2011 to help those in need because of slavery.
A source on the ITV soap said: ‘It’s a really gritty storyline but based on real issues thousands face in the UK every day.
Kathy Betteridge, of Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery at The Salvation Army, said: ‘The key to combating this horrific problem is for people to understand what it looks like. ‘Coronation Street will no doubt be of great help in this.’
‘Coronation Street researchers have been working closely with The Salvation Army, which the government chose in
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