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September 2011

Church of England moves in favour of women bishops

More than a third of dioceses in the Church of England have now voted in support of women bishops, with even the most traditionalist voting to admit women to the episcopate. Dioceses such as Gibraltar in Europe and Sheffield are among those that have voted in favour despite fears that,
September 13 2011 10:52 AM
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September 2011

Bishops line up to succeed Rowan Williams amid ‘quit’ rumours

Bishops in the Church of England are placing themselves under starter’s orders in the race to become next Archbishop of Canterbury as speculation mounts that Dr Rowan Williams is getting ready to quit. Power struggles and lobbying to succeed Dr Williams have already begun behind the
September 12 2011 12:01 AM
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September 2011

Zimbabwe bishop is robbed after talking about persecution

The Bishop of Harare was threatened with death, his laptop and mobile phones were stolen and his house was trashed by robbers hours after talking to The Times about the persecution of Anglicans in Zimbabwe. The Right Rev Chad Gandiya also spoke of his hopes that a forthcoming visit by the
September 10 2011 12:01 AM
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September 2011

Freedom for Anglican priest clears path for Archbishop to meet Mugabe

An Anglican priest arrested in Zimbabwe after being accused of stealing church property worth nearly £1 million has been released without charge. The Rev Julius Zimbudzana, vicar of St Mary’s in northern Harare, was set free hours after The Times disclosed yesterday that the Archbishop of
September 09 2011 12:01 AM
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September 2011

The gift of hope makes daunting trip worthwhile

If this were the England cricket team going to Zimbabwe there would be an outcry. We would not send a football team. The nation frowns on business dealings with Zimbabwe. So questions are certain to be asked about the wisdom of Dr Rowan Williams in not only visiting Zimbabwe next month but also
September 08 2011 12:01 AM

Archbishop seeks Mugabe meeting in Zimbabwe trip

The Archbishop of Canterbury is to go ahead with a visit to Zimbabwe despite a brutal campaign of intimidation of Anglicans by Robert Mugabe’s police. Dr Rowan Williams plans to meet President Mugabe next month, when he will become the first prominent British representative to visit Harare in a
September 08 2011 12:01 AM






James Kidner, director of the Coexist Foundation and former   aide to the Prince of Wales

Ten years on from 9/11: a new award for religious toleration

Ms Ruth Gledhill1 hour ago
In The Times today, we report the enoblement of Indarjit Singh, one of the nation's best loved religious ambassadors, who is to become the first turbaned Sikh ever in Parliament. The response of one of my Twitter followers was: 'Oh Singh unto the Lords.'

Among those who welcomed this was David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. And by coincidence, news of Dr Singh's elevation broke on the day that the Coexist Foundation launched its new Coexist Prize, a £60,000 award intended to honour an 'unsung hero' who has made 'an exceptional contribution to building bridges between people of different faiths.' The award is not restricted to Britain. Indarjit actually would not qualify as an entrant - because he is too well 'sung' already, known internationally for his contributions to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day as well as his many other public works and duties, not least as director of the Network of Sikh Organisations.

The Coexist Foundation is also working with The Times on this year's Cheltenham Literary Festival. Among the speakers it has secured for the Pathways series in the festival are Rabbi Julia Neuberger of the West London Synagogue, and Lord Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Britain's Orthodox community. 


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Ennobled Sikh will be the first to wear turban in Parliament

Ruth Gledhill
  • The Times
  • Published: 06 September 2011
  • Faith
The most prominent member of Britain’s 340,000 Sikhs is to enter the House of Lords. Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations, will sit as an independent. Recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, an independent body set up in May 2000, Dr Singh

Catholics go back to traditional basics with breast beating

Ruth Gledhill
  • The Times
  • Published: 05 September 2011
  • Faith
Thousands of Roman Catholics across Britain “beat their breasts” in acts of penitence yesterday. And, instead of responding to the greeting of their priest with “And also with you”, they replied: “And with your spirit.” The new translation of the English Missal has taken more than 30 years

Vatican hits back at Irish PM over child rape ‘cover-up’ claims

Ruth Gledhill
  • The Times
  • Published: 03 September 2011
  • UK News
The Vatican has hit back at accusations made by the Irish Prime Minister that the Church enabled an effective cover-up of child rape by priests in Ireland. In a 10,300-word statement published today, the Holy See denied the claim by Enda Kenny that it attempted to “frustrate”

A few last words: yclept, doryphore, thrawn

Sally Baker
  • The Times
  • Published: 03 September 2011
  • Feedback
...Westminster Academy cartoons; flink; “Mother who brought down the Fort Hood killer”; square brackets; thurible; Ruth Gledhill’s bog; yclept; the gender of blast furnaces; hefted; whomwatch; phone hacking; Daniel Craig’s swimming... 

Leading bishop hits out at Dawkins for reducing ‘faith into ignorance'

Ruth Gledhill
  • The Times
  • Published: 02 September 2011
  • Faith
A leading Church of England bishop has condemned the atheist Richard Dawkins for reducing "faith into ignorance" in his latest book. The criticism by Bishop of Swindon, Dr Lee Rayfield, who is regarded as a rising star heading for one of the top five posts in the established church, is

Fears in rise in Muslim extremism misplaced, US research shows

Ruth Gledhill
  • The Times
  • Published: 30 August 2011
  • Faith
Fears of a rise in Islamic extremism in the US and of increased alienation among Muslims in America are misplaced, according to new research today. Instead, Muslims in the US continue to reject extremism by greater margins than most other Muslim communities and many are concerned about

Richard Dawkins and the 'wandering Jewish preacher called Jesus'.

Ms Ruth GledhillAugust 31 2011 4:00PM

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In his new book, The Magic of Reality, Richard Dawkins avoids the ranting tone that did so much to offend the faith communities in The God Delusion.

But he still risks their wrath, because of his undeniably patronising assesment of certain miracles held as sacrosanct by many believers as no better than fairy tales or make-believe. His criticisms include a swipe at the beliefs of Islam, as well as Judaism and Christianity.

Few, if any, readers in Britain, whether religious or not, will take issue with his assertion, as reported by our science editor Mark Henderson in The Times today and serialised in Eureka, that children should be taught the facts of evolution from primary school.
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    August 2011




    'Truth and righteousness': Networking with Chinese journalists

    Ms Ruth Gledhill1 hour ago
    My most recent story about China centred on the Vatican's fury at what Rome regards as 'illicit' ordinations of bishops. Read it here. The Vatican described the ordination as “a serious violation of freedom of religion and conscience” and a “painful wound” that would hamper further dialogue between the Holy See and Beijing. An earlier ordination last year was described by the Vatican as “a serious violation of freedom of religion and conscience” and a “painful wound” that would hamper further dialogue between the Holy See and Beijing. For many reasons, as well as the interesting developments in Catholicism, China is a country of great fascination to the West. I am particularly proud of one of my former students at City University, Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, who went straight into a job after her journalism MA ended - in China - working for Time Out over there. Read a recent blog by her at Prospect on the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party there. 

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      Williams wants to see Mugabe in appeal for lost churches


      After years of pleas for help from persecuted Anglicans in Zimbabwe, the Archbishop of Canterbury is to make an intervention by seeking a meeting with President Mugabe. Rowan Williams will attempt to meet Mr Mugabe when he visits Harare in October, in the hope of helping his flock regain access to
      August 27 2011 12:01 AM
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      August 2011

      'Why oh why am I going to World Youth Day?' A young Catholic explains.

      By Jo-Anne RowneyI am an Intern, working for the Diocese of Westminster. I am 23 years old, and live in the London University Chaplaincy with other 62 young Catholics. I am a recent graduate having just finished studying English Literature and Journalism at University of Hertfordshire. This is my
      August 03 2011 11:51 AM

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      August 2011

      Persecution Index: Christian mum sentenced under Pakistan blasphemy laws remains under death threat

      Pakistanis keep alive the plight of Asia Bibi as she languishes behind bars in Pakistan by Lizzy MillarHer story sparked an international outcry that even prompted Pope Benedict XVI to lambast Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. But Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, who was sentenced to death for
      August 01 2011 5:16 PM


      On the mailing list of a mass murderer

      Ruth Gledhill
      'This evil man had absolutely nothing to do with the real Knights Templar,' Andrew White, Anglican chaplain to Iraq, commented on a Times story about Anders Breivik. 'This is a body which supports the churches in the Middle East including mine in Baghdad. At its very heart is its work promoting

      Sacred forests bear witness to religion’s unsung role in fostering a rich variety of life

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 30 July 2011
      • Faith
      From the Garden of Eden to Avatar, sacred groves have been central to religion and myth. Now, for the first time, a global map of religious forests is being created by scientists at Oxford. The project reflects growing awareness that many of the ancient woodlands, still believed by some to be the 

      Three-fold increase in Catholic abuse allegations

      Ruth Gledhill
      ...TweetsFavoritesFollowingFollowersListsRuthieGledhill Ruth Gledhill Papal Nuncio 'withdrawn' from...1 minute ago RuthieGledhill Ruth Gledhill Why did the Blackburn chicken...ScotChristian16 minutes ago RuthieGledhill RuthGledhill For Times subscrbrs: The unforgettable...

      Blogging bishop's diocese faces last rites

      Ruth Gledhill
      A Church of England bishop stands to be the first bishop of the established Church to be “deprived” of his living in more than a century.The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Rev Nick Baines, 53, is expected to lose his job in three years when his diocese ceases to exist. The three dioceses of

      'His works will follow him to all eternity.' Exclusive appreciation of the great John Stott by Richard Bewes

      Ruth Gledhill
      ...John Pollock, Mrs Hugh Orr-Ewing, Cecil Bewes. Billy Graham, Richard Bewes, Hugh Orr-Ewing, FRONT: Stephen Olford, Ruth Graham, Festo Kivengere Leaving London for a speaking trip, John’s indomitable secretary Frances Whitehead –“ beloved...

      You can join Oxford’s Ancient Greek study — gospel truth

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 26 July 2011
      • Faith
      Calling all armchair archaeologists: you could be the person who discovers the next lost Gospel. The University of Oxford is seeking tens of thousands of volunteers to help to transcribe the Greek letters on more than two million pieces of Ancient Egyptian papyri. More than 200,000 

      Vatican withdraws ambassador to Ireland over new child sex-abuse row

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 26 July 2011
      • Faith
      Relations between Rome and the Catholic Church in Ireland have plunged into an unprecedented crisis after the Vatican recalled its ambassador from Dublin. The decision was taken after the Irish Government issued a damning attack alleging that the Catholic Church had covered up the rape of 

      The Times Book Club: A Game of Thrones

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 25 July 2011
      • Books
      Every now and again it is incumbent upon a religious affairs correspondent to enter a new confession to the record and mine is this: I am addicted to fantasy and science fiction. It began with C. S. Lewis and H. G. Wells as a small girl. The death of Robert Jordan four years ago,

      ‘Wayward' Amy Winehouse set for a traditional burial

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 24 July 2011
      • Music
      Amy Winehouse will have a funeral in the Jewish tradition once her body is released for burial after today’s post mortem. If the tradition is followed strictly her grave, likely to be in North London, will not to have a tombstone until a year has passed. Her place of burial is likely to 

      Catholic Church in China plans more ‘illicit' ordinations of bishops

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 24 July 2011
      • Faith
      At least seven Roman Catholic dioceses in China are to defy the Pope and go ahead with “illicit” ordinations of elected bishops. Bishop of Chengde, the Right Rev Joseph Guo Jincai, who is vice-chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, told the China Daily that local



      Child sex cases ‘destroyed’ Church’s links to state

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 21 July 2011
      • Faith
      Relations between Ireland, traditionally one of the most Catholic countries in the world, and the Vatican reached an unprecedented low last night after a row over the latest report on paedophile priests in the Republic. Enda Kenny, the Irish Prime Minister, launched a damning attack on the

      Catholic leader in attack on coalition’s cut in benefits for ‘most vulnerable’

      Rosemary Bennett and Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 21 July 2011
      • Faith
      The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has condemned the Government’s welfare cuts, warning that vulnerable families will suffer most under the changes. The Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, singled out the cuts in housing benefit as particularly punitive

      Exhibition will show wonders of the haj to non-Muslims

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 19 July 2011
      • Faith
      The British Museum is to hold the first major exhibition dedicated to the haj, the pilgrimage that is central to the faith of Muslim believers. About three million pilgrims, including more than 25,000 from Britain, visit Mecca in Saudi Arabia each year to circle the Kabba, the cube-shaped

      Syrian TV star flees to Britain after provoking a burka storm

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 16 July 2011
      • Faith
      An award-winning television presenter described as the “Christine Bleakley of the Middle East” has fled to Britain after she was persecuted for speaking out against the burka. Halla Diyab, who was born in Syria, became the golden girl of the Middle East’s media and drew comparisons with the

      Ex-Anglican priests need £1 million a year to survive

      Madeleine Teahan and Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 15 July 2011
      • Faith
      A bid to raise funds for struggling ex-Anglican priests who converted to Catholicism and joined the new Ordinariate has been launched by its head, the former Church of England bishop Mgr Keith Newton. Mgr Newton calculated that the annual running costs of the Ordinariate will reach £1

      Pope’s envoy reprimanded by Dublin over ‘disgraceful’ child abuse policy

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 15 July 2011
      • Europe
      The Irish Government summoned the Vatican’s Ambassador for a rare face-to-face confrontation yesterday as anger over Rome’s advice to bishops not to report paedophile priests to police reignited the country’s child abuse scandal. The Roman Catholic “seal of the confessional” is also under threat in

      Archbishop ‘shamed' by new report on Irish Catholic child abuse

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 13 July 2011
      • Faith
      Ireland’s most senior Catholic cleric condemned the “grave errors of judgment” and “serious failures of leadership” after a fourth damning report into clerical sex abuse showed catastrophic failure to follow Church rules on reporting abusers as recently as three years ago. The

      ‘Church should hold its nerve and play key role in education’

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 12 July 2011
      • Faith
      The world of education is “scrambling to keep up” with changes being made by the Government, a senior Church of England bishop has warned. The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Rev John Pritchard, chairman of the Church’s education board, said that increasingly “sharp” questions were being asked by a

      Rowan Williams urges Anglicans to help suffering Holy Land Christians

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 12 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams today launched an appeal for “suffering” Christians in the Holy Land, calling for Anglicans to do more to help with community projects and job creation. Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod in York: “I returned from a visit to the Holy Land last

      Church calls for more ethnic minority leaders

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 12 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England is to take steps to increase the number of people from ethnic minority groups in positions of leadership. The General Synod heard that the Church is falling increasingly out of step with Parliament and the general population in terms of representation of ethnic minorities. The


      Church in government talks over right to express faith at work

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 11 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England has been holding talks with the Government on how to protect the religious freedom of Christians in the workplace. The talks follow a number of high-profile legal cases involving the wearing of Christian jewellery or statements of Christian faith in the workplace by

      Anglicans consider Methodist alliance

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 11 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England is considering proposals for joint “dioceses” with the Methodist church because Anglican attendance has fallen by about half in the past 40 years. The fall among young people has been 80 per cent, the General Synod in York was told. There are 265,000 Methodists in Britain and

      Church threatens to disinvest from News Corp

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 09 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England has condemned the behaviour of the News of the World as "utterly reprehensible and unethical" and threatened to disinvest from its parent company unless senior executives are held to account. In a statement released during this weekend's meeting of the General

      Archbishop of Canterbury condemns “irregular” ordinations

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 09 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Archbishop of Canterbury and a leading evangelical group have have condemned the “irregular” ordinations of three conservative clergymen in Kenya to serve in England. The creation of the new Anglican Mission in England is among the new divisions over homosexuality that will dominate

      Hindu organ donor campaign begins in London

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 08 July 2011
      • Faith
      A campaign to persuade members of Britain’s Hindu community to sign up to organ donation and relieve a critical shortage of donor organs in the country’s Asian population was launched today in London. The Hindu Forum together with the Department of Health and other charities were

      How the day unfolded: Murdoch closes News of the World

      Jenny Booth and Philippe Naughton
      • The Times
      • Published: 07 July 2011
      • UK News
      ...and to give them the best of our journalism.” 1704 BST: A Tweet from our much-loved Religion Correspondent, Ruth Gledhill: “Now I am crying. sobbing. OMG. I cannot believe what I have just read in my inbox. oh it is so sad... 


      Revelation, reason and church’s review

      Sir, Before the assumptions in Ruth Gledhill’s article (July 2) become the new norm (that a review by the House of Bishops on civil partnerships and human sexuality...

      Outcry over Church charity's £1m grant to Anglican defectors

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 05 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Charity Commission has been asked to investigate a £1 million grant made to the Ordinariate, a new Roman Catholic organisation for defecting Anglicans, by a 150-year-old Anglican charity. Trustees of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, founded in 1862 as part of the High

      Bishops to reconsider teaching against same-sex relationships

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 02 July 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England has taken a step towards liberalising its teaching on homosexuality with the announcement of a review of its teaching that active same-sex relationships are wrong. Its bishops admitted that they had spent “very little time” discussing the issue that has torn the 

      King of Spain approves priest from Gibraltar as head of Catholic college

      Graham Keeley and Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 01 July 2011
      • Faith
      King Juan Carlos of Spain is to approve the appointment of a priest from Gibraltar as head of a leading Catholic training college amid a downturn in relations between London and Madrid over the Rock. The Spanish monarch will formally approve Father John Pardo as the next rector of the

      Church cannot provide public services, senior bishop tells MPs

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 30 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England cannot step up to the platform of David Cameron’s Big Society and become a provider of public services for “everybody”, a senior bishop told MPs today. The Bishop of Leicester, Timothy Stevens, told a parliamentary inquiry into the Big Society that religious

      ‘Who do you think you are?'

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 30 June 2011
      • Faith
      The national newspaper reviewer waxed lyrical about the film at the Folkestone festival: “We follow tankers and canoes, ferries and fishing boats – and there's the archbishop of Canterbury, helping out at an archeological dig along the coast, his hair a white, fluffy windsock in the

      Church alcohol policy to focus on retailers

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 29 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England will attempt to crack down on cheap alcoholic drinks by selling their shares in supermarkets and manufacturers that fail to meet minimum standards on the sale of alcohol. A new ethical investment policy on alcohol has been adopted by the Church, which has assets

      Paedophile priest Fr Kit and the Rosminians: 'I would prefer sad story to remain private.'

      Ruth Gledhill
      The Times has been forwarded a press statement from Father David Myers, leader of the Rosminians in the UK. Reports of this clarification have appeared at places such as Independent Catholic News. Damian Thompson at The Daily Telegraph blog Holy Smoke has been chronicling this scandal, exposed on

      Church ad for senior communications post ‘excludes gay and divorced people’

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 27 June 2011
      • Faith
      Liberals in the Church of England are protesting that an advertisement for the senior post of communications director is designed to exclude practising homosexuals and divorced and remarried people. The established Church advertised in yesterday’s Sunday Times for a new communications director to

      Faith helped Jewish teacher to slimmers’ title

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 25 June 2011
      • Faith
      A religion teacher who used the principles of his Jewish faith to help him lose weight has been crowned a champion slimmer after he halved his weight to 14 stone. Michael Drucker, 45, from north London, a father of four boys, said the Jewish teaching that God created humans with free will helped

      Please God, make me slim!

      Ruth Gledhill
      ...beard, no clothes would fit. I looked in the mirror and saw a truly fat person still. It was only when my late father Peter Gledhill, then a clergyman with the Church of England, told me how worried my parents were, and I saw from his face that he meant...

      Religious education could disappear from school curriculum

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 24 June 2011
      • Faith
      Religious education in schools is being marginalised and could soon disappear, according to a new report. The subject will vanish altogether from the curriculum of many schools as a result of being left out of the 2010 English Baccalaureate (E-Bacc), the report warns. According to a survey by the

      Church’s plea over civil partnership ceremonies

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 24 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England has pleaded with the Government not to be forced to perform civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples until its own governing body, the General Synod, has sanctioned them. Responding to the Government’s consultation on civil partnerships in religious premises, the Church

      Go for God, not for gold, Church of England tells Team GB

      Ruth Gledhill
      The Church of England’s new prayer for the Olympics sets new records for ecclesiastical political correctness with pleadings for the “health and safety” of athletes and supporters. And in deliberate obeisance to the PC mantra that taking part is more important than winning, even at the Olympics, it

      St Paul’s Cathedral hits the 300-year mark

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 22 June 2011
      • Faith
      Among the two million who visit St Paul’s Cathedral in London each year, the most frequently asked question is: “So, do you still hold services here8221; The Dean of St Paul’s, the Very Rev Graeme Knowles, told a congregation of 3,000 at a service to celebrate the 300th

      Is belief a balm for broken Britain? Listening out for the 'still, small voice of God' with the Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

      Ruth Gledhill
      ...On the panel wereRuth Gledhill –“ Religion Correspondent...Director of Aish UK. Ruth opened proceedings by asking...of other backgrounds. Ruth asked, are faith...Broken Britain?Address by Ruth Gledhill The title of this debate...

      Chief Rabbi condemns ‘negative’ Twitter and other social networking sites

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 21 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Chief Rabbi has condemned the internet as “the most effective disseminator of paranoia and hatred yet invented”. Lord Sacks also attacks the intolerance of the “new secularism” and the fundamentalism of the “new religiosity”. He says critics of religion are right and religion has done harm. But

      Gay clergy will be allowed to become bishops providing they are celibate

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 20 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Church of England has given the green light for celibate gay men in civil partnerships to become bishops. In a paper published yesterday, the Church acknowledged the impact of the Equality Act in requiring an update of its rules on the advancement of homosexuals. It paves the

      TV dinosaur that dances on

      Ruth Gledhill
      The BBC orchestra struck up and we were off. One-two-three, one-two-three, turn again, turn again Viennese waltz. My legs trembled with nerves. Watching us was an audience of millions. No, this was not Strictly Come Dancing. It was a decade ago and Come Dancing was dead and, seemingly, entombed for

      After 50 years of raising the roof, it’s up there among the BBC’s amazing greats

      Jack Malvern and Ruth Gledhill
      Fifty years from now, John Major once said, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, invincible green suburbs and old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist. The former Prime Minister’s list of sturdy British stereotypes omitted Songs of Praise, but 

      'Rebuke to Archbishop of Canterbury' in Times poll

      Ruth Gledhill
      ...on my new public Times profile, which is outside the paywall.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Ruth-GledhillIn the poll, 47 per cent say it is not the job of the Archbishop of Canterbury to criticise government policy regardless...

      Moral journalism - does it exist?

      Bess Twiston Davies
      ...Stationers and Newspaper Makers. The full version may be read at: http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/ Ruth Gledhill has also blogged on the sermon. Graham Kings writes: Richard Johnson, who bequeathed this annual sermon gave posterity...

      Archbishop under fire for political interference

      Ruth Gledhill and Sam Coates
      • The Times
      • Published: 10 June 2011
      • Faith
      The Archbishop of Canterbury was accused of jeopardising his position yesterday after the most partisan intervention since the Thatcher era led to demands that he should separate personal politics from his religious role. Dr Rowan Williams angered the coalition by writing an article in 

      Never ones to shy away from controversy

      Ruth Gledhill
      • The Times
      • Published: 10 June 2011
      • Faith
      Although few have suffered the fates of Thomas à Becket or Thomas Cranmer, the political interventions of archbishops of Canterbury have long been contentious. The last three archbishops have been among the most politically controversial in history, according to a new report. Turbulent Priests? by 

      Williams accused of political interference after damning attack on coalition

      Roland Watson, Ruth Gledhill and Michael Savage
      • The Times
      • Published: 10 June 2011
      • Politics
      The Archbishop of Canterbury was accused of jeopardising his position yesterday after the most partisan intervention since the Thatcher era led to demands that he should separate personal politics from his religious role. Dr Rowan Williams angered the coalition by writing an article in the 
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