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| The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed the hope that this year’s Lambeth Conference will be the beginning of revitalisation and renewal for the Church. “We are asking for the fire of the Spirit to come upon us” and he also says that “our ambition is nothing less than renewal and revival for us all in the Name of Jesus and the power of His Spirit”. In his Pentecost letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion he reminds them that the “Spirit does not show us the way to by-pass the cross”. |
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| The Art and Reconciliation Trust has announced its plans for the erection of a statue of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her child, in Chelsea’s Embankment Gardens, on land which once was owned by Sir Thomas More. It will be flanked by panels showing the beheading of statues during the Reformation on one side, and reformers mocking a crucifix on the other. It is hoped to unveil the memorial on October 13th, 2009, and the cost is estimated at £1.25 million. Mrs Frances Scarr, who presides over the Trust, professed her hope that this would be an act of reparation for the destruction of ancient shrines and reconcile, with the help of the intercession of Mary, people of different faiths.
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| The Archbishop of Jos Province in the Church of Nigeria has responded to statements implying that his Church was responsible for acts of physical violence directed against leaders of Changing Attitudes in Nigeria, an organisation supporting homosexual rights within the Church. The Archbishop denies any such Church involvement and condemns the use of violence against anyone. |
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| Dr Jim Packer and eight other evangelical ministers who seceded from the Canadian diocese of New Westminster over the issue of ordination of practising homosexuals have made clear that they are not leaving the Anglican Communion but are simply putting themselves within the jurisdiction of a different Province. |
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| The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, has spoken up strongly in defence of the 1701 Act of Settlement that some Roman Catholics want to see repealed. “The apparent bias against Catholics is due to historic reasons. They were the Jihadists of their time. You can’t avoid the discrimination without changing the whole set-up of this country”. He recalled Gordon Brown’s promise to safeguard the established Church. |
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