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December 2004: ABY 'hard pushed' to call Britain Christian
The UK Press
Association and the
BBC report that the Most Revd Dr David Hope, Archbishop of York, said
that he would be 'hard-pushed' to describe Britain as a Christian country.
The BBC has released this
transcript of its television programme on which Dr Hope made these
remarks.
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December 2004: Lambeth 2008 scheduled and announced
The Anglican Communion News Service reports
that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has announced
that the next Lambeth Conference is to be held in Canterbury in the summer
of 2008.
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December 2004: Robin Eames criticises coverage of Windsor Report
The Anglican Communion News Service released this
statement by the Most Revd Robin Eames, Chairman of the Lambeth Commission,
concerning a recent interview that he gave to a UK church newspaper.
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December 2004: Kenya facing 'Satanic symbols' in churches
The Nation (Nairobi) reports
that Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi has joined the fray over Freemasonry
symbols in Kenyan churches.
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December 2004: Former Australian PM launches book critical of Diocese
of Sydney
The Sydney Morning Herald reports
that former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, no fan of the
Diocese of Sydney, officiated at the public launch of a new book by Stuart
Babbage, Sydney's former dean, and used the opportunity to note that 'It
is clear from Stuart Babbage's memoirs why the churchmanship of the See
of Sydney has alienated other dioceses.'
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December 2004: Celebrity nativity at Tussauds in London raises eyebrows
The BBC reports
that Madame Tussauds wax museum in London has mounted a nativity scene
with current celebrities playing Biblical roles. For example, football
star David Beckham plays Joseph, his wife Victoria (better known as 'Posh
Spice') plays Mary, and the three wise men are Tony Blair, George Bush,
and Prince Philip. The news
coverage of this display seems to be much greater in countries far
from London than in the UK. The Press Association reports
that it has already been vandalised. A nativity scene in rural New
York depicting Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus as a homeless family
in the back of a pickup truck has attracted far less attention.
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December 2004: Australian law keeps chaplains away from hospital patients
The Sydney Morning Herald reports
that 'Strict interpretation of the state's privacy laws is denying
public hospital chaplains access to sick and dying patients.'
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December 2004: Responses to Mark Dyer
Thinking Anglicans has collected
and summarised the responses to comments
on the Windsor Report made by the only ECUSA member of the commission
that wrote it.
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December 2004: Botswana cathedral evicts Anglican nun
The Reporter (Gaborone, Botswana) reports
that the Diocese of Botswana has ordered the eviction of a nun living
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