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Simon Sarmiento
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Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
retired software consultant, former freelance journalist, interests: Church of England, equality legislation, early and baroque music, liturgy, modern railways and badgers.
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The House of Bishops on Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage – Further Personal Reflections - ViaMedia.News
by Peter Collier KC, retired Senior Circuit Judge and former Vicar-General of the Province of York Further to my recent reflections on the House of Bishops’ October statement on the future use of the ...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Church Times on X: ""While doctrinal agreement is vital, Christian unity will not be built on theological dialogue alone. During the past 60 years, there has been an equally remarkable rapprochement in local, regional, and national institutional links of various kinds." https://t.co/hxf8mFodbn" / X
"While doctrinal agreement is vital, Christian unity will not be built on theological dialogue alone. During the past 60 years, there has been an equally remarkable rapprochement in local, regional, and national institutional links of various kinds." https://t.co/hxf8mFodbn
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November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Katie Razzall: Robust leadership needed to steer BBC through crisis
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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King Charles, Pope Leo, and ‘full visible unity’ - Liturgy
In an age of polarisation, the meeting and shared prayer of Pope Leo and King Charles, from traditions once separated by centuries of conflict, should be encouraged and received in the most positive l...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Makin Review – Progress Update | Law & Religion UK
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November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Kaya Burgess on X: "Religion is no longer something inherited from parents, but more of a lifestyle choice for under-35s, study by @IIFL_uk finds They feel freer to adopt - and abandon - a faith depending on how it benefits their wellbeing Read here: https://t.co/BaFQzWTLH6" / X
Religion is no longer something inherited from parents, but more of a lifestyle choice for under-35s, study by @IIFL_uk finds They feel freer to adopt - and abandon - a faith depending on how it benefits their wellbeing Read here: https://t.co/BaFQzWTLH6
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November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Clergy Conduct Measure – Back to Synod? | Law & Religion UK
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November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Does Nigel do God? | Gawain Towler | The Critic Magazine
Many moons ago at the Christening of one of my children in St Agnes Church, Kennington, I noticed that Nigel Farage was standing up and down at all the right moments of the service without prompting.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Vacancy in See – London | Law & Religion UK
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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Open Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury Designate – Bishop Sarah Mullaly - Surviving Church
Dear Bishop SarahAs editor and contributors to Letters to a Broken Church, we congratulate you on your recent appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury. You have our good wishes. You will be taking on i...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury | The Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop Sarah will be installed as the Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday 25 March, 2026.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Revised proposals for Bishop of Bangor | Law & Religion UK
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October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The Lucius Letters: Chapter Seven by Anon - Surviving Church
Damon is an apprentice devil tasked with learning to undermine and weaken the Church of England and wider Anglicanism. Lucius is a senior devil mentoring apprentices overseeing the work on all denomin...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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A bishop’s secret church trial and the U.S. Anglican Church in turmoil
A child sex offender, a man accused of attempted second-degree murder, a man who solicited a prostitute — all were allowed to lead or worship in Stewart Ruch’s diocese.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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U.S. Anglican Church archbishop accused of sexual misconduct, abuse of power
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Winded After the Death of LLF - ViaMedia.News
by the Very Revd David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury Much metaphorical ink has already been spilt on the announcement from the House of Bishops of the death of Living in Love and Faith (LLF). These ref...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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GAFCON says its members will leave Anglican Communion to form rival network
[Episcopal News Service] The conservative Anglican network GAFCON, a mix of leaders from Anglican provinces and breakaway groups, released a statement Oct. 16 saying it would disengage from the Ang…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Serious Christianity and Remembering Trafalgar
Today is the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, a victory which destroyed Napoleon's naval power and constrained his imperial amb...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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LLF Update: Trustees’ Statement – Together for the Church of England
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October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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'Lighten our darkness': experiences of unease and the virtues of BCP daily prayer
Today's post follows a conversation with someone who has experienced a sense of unease in their home at night. There has been nothing dramat...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Gafcon declaration on ‘Global Anglican Communion’ took shape in Sydney
Primates held meeting with movement’s ‘founding fathers’
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October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Archbishops’ statement on the Church of Ireland and the Anglican Communion
The Most Rev John McDowell, the Church of Ireland’s Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, with the Most Rev Michael Jackson, Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin have issued the foll...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The Durham Report on the Pilavachi Affair. Will the Church of England finally learn to recognise ‘cults’ in its midst? - Surviving Church
One of the hazards of using a computer is that occasionally documents disappear into cyberspace, never to be recovered. With all the recent excitement of a nomination for the new Archbishop of Canterb...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM