In the US, UCC General Synod endorses Green New Deal
RNS The United Church of Christ has signed on for the Green New Deal. It may be the first Christian body to endorse the environmental protection legislation sponsored in the US House of Representatives by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York. Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the “Green New […]
Church of England’s synod takes on Brexit divisions as zero hour approaches
LondonRNS The Church of England’s most senior leaders are expected to rebuke Britain’s political leaders over their handling of Brexit at the church’s General Synod this week. In a special motion at synod, just weeks before the Brexit deadline, the archbishops of Canterbury and York will urge politicians to do more to heal divisions in […]
Australia’s Anglican primate expresses “deep concern” over refugee policy in synod address
The head of Australia’s Anglican Church, Archbishop Philip Freier, has expressed his “deep concern” over Federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s recent cuts to welfare services to about 100 asylum seekers originally brought to Australia from offshore detention for medical treatment. In his opening address to the church’s three-yearly General Synod being held in Maroochydore, on […]
CLERGY: IT’S NO LONGER SUNDAY BEST FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, of Religion News Service, reports on a move to allow Anglican clergy to wear lay garments, against the backdrop of the changing religious landscape in the UK…