Bishop Guli makes her mark

The partisan sniping over asylum seeker baptisms allows one bishop to rise above the fray, while the rest of the church continues to argue about money, abuse and race

Hello! This week we’re skimming over a panoply of churchy stories rather than diving deep into one big thing. We’ve got the latest on the rows about faux conversions and the refugee process, as well as my first tip for who might be emerging from the pack in the race for Lambeth Palace. Then we move onto the knotty question of how to keep conservative parishes angered by the Living in Love and Faith project financially contributing to a church they no longer feel a part of. We also explore yet another clergy abuse story which is drowning in documents, before a brief diversion into reparations, racism and ‘whiteness’. Plus, my latest podcasts and the usual swathe of links at the end.

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