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June 2025

Errors of judgement
The Archbishop of Wales apologises properly, but is it all too little too late? Plus English conservatives get a helping hand from overseas
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Tim Wyatt
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Private, but not secret
Is the long awaited replacement for the C of E's reviled disciplinary system fatally flawed?
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The poisoned chalice
Living in Love and Faith claims another episcopal victim, while more bishops demand a bigger slice of the church's billions be given back to them
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Who will save the parish church?
Could HTB church planters and Save The Parish actually be on the same side?
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Tim Wyatt

May 2025

Canterbury contenders
Who are the names in the hat to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
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Going viral
TikToking for Jesus, one dance meme at a time, while the C of E is either dying or coming back to life, or possibly both at the same time...
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The buck stops where?
The Archbishop of Wales cannot evade accountability for the crisis at Bangor Cathedral, while the Diocese of Canterbury continues to botch its elections
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First Thoughts: The new pope
Where has Leo XIV come from and what kind of pontiff is he going to be?
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Tim Wyatt
B2 or not B2, that is the question
A bishop breaks cover to attack the C of E's tortured implementation of gay blessings, but will anyone listen?
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Farewell Francis
What next for the Catholic Church as it says goodbye to Pope Francis, and is the fragile truce over women's ordination in the C of E about to get blown…
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Tim Wyatt

April 2025

The Missing Friend
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