Tag: Bishops

Lilley’s timely dig at the bossy bishops

LORD (Peter) Lilley did a significant service to demoralised Church of England parishioners with his witty intervention in the House of Lords last week. During the Report Stage of the Safety of Rwanda Bill, the former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher told Archbishop of Canterbury […]

Bishops can opt diocese out of same-sex ‘blessings,’ Vatican says

The Vatican’s doctrinal office head on Thursday appeared to provide an “out” for clerics not on board with its declaration last week that priests can bless individuals in “irregular” relationships, including same-sex couples, so long as the prayers do not mimic a marriage ritual. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine […]