| New Archbishop risks row on banks before he’s even startedThe Independent – Just three days after being named as the new leader of the Church of England, the Right Reverend Justin Welby will demand that legislation is redrafted to shame banks into lending more money to poorer regions. The House of Lords amendment is his first …http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-archbishop-risks-row-on-banks-before-hes-even-started-8305057.html
Pope welcomes new Archbishop of Canterbury
The pope has reaffirmed his desire for stronger ties between the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in his first message to the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9673058/Pope-welcomes-new-Archbishop-of-Canterbury.html
A time for cool reflection on women bishops
Church Times – The Revd Anne Stevens writes in this week’s Church Times that what the Synod needs is “a time for cool reflection” rather than bowing to pressure to vote for the Measure as it stands. At the same time, the “Enough Waiting” campaign no longer appears in a prominent position on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official web site.
Much of the rhetoric about the debate and vote on 20 November is being framed in inflammatory and even threatening language, suggesting that it will be a disaster of unprecedented proportions if the Measure fails to achieve final approval.
But the Church in Wales failed to approve a similar proposal, and now its official bodies are quietly working on an alternative set of legislative proposals which may achieve a sufficient degree of consensus to enable the consecration of women as bishops to go forward. There is no evidence that the skies over Wales are any darker as a consequence of failing to approve the proposal at the first opportunity.
http://fairmeasure2012.wordpress.com/comment-no-apocalypse-now/
New church debt counselling centres open across UK.
Christians Against Poverty has opened up 21 new debt counselling centres in churches across the UK.
Glasgow, Magherafelt in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Wight and Chester are among the places to receive new centres.
It brings the total number of CAP debt counselling centres across the UK to 218.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.church.debt.counselling.centres.open.across.uk/31032.htm
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