Occupy return to St Paul’s on pilgrimage of protest; No deadline for adoption of Covenant; Thefts dampen cathedral Jubilee celebrations; Ordaining women bishops: safeguards and tangles; Most homosexuals indifferent to Cameron’s drive for gay marriage
Occupy return to St Paul’s on pilgrimage of protest
Independent – The anti-capitalist Occupy movement, whose protest camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral caused a rift within the Church of England, returned to the cathedral today with a new strategy: the pilgrimage of protest. Occupy Faith, a protest group associated with the Occupy movement, includes people of all faiths who share the movement’s goals of encouraging greater social justice and condemning corporate greed.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/occupy-return-to-st-pauls-on-pilgrimage-of-protest-7827666.html
No deadline for adoption of Covenant
Church Times – The Church of England, which rejected the Covenant when a majority of dioceses voted against it in March, was not included in the responses received, suggesting that no formal response has yet been submitted to the Anglican Communion office.
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=129648
Thefts dampen cathedral Jubilee celebrations
Christian Today – A series of senseless thefts have cast a shadow over the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of St Nicholas Cathedral in Newcastle
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/thefts.dampen.cathedral.jubilee.celebrations/30005.htm
Ordaining women bishops: safeguards and tangles
Ekklesia – Last-minute changes have complicated the Church of England’s slow progress towards allowing women to be bishops. After compromise proposals had won wide support, the House of Bishops amended these to try to placate opponents of women’s …
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16717
Most homosexuals indifferent to Cameron’s drive for gay marriage
Mailonline – Homosexuals are indifferent to David Cameron’s campaign for gay marriage, with fewer than four in ten believing that it is a priority for their community.
And there is deep scepticism about the Prime Minister’s motives in trying to extend marriage to same-sex couples, with half believing he is doing it only to ‘make his party look more compassionate rather than because of his convictions’.
The overwhelming apathy about gay marriage was revealed in the first online poll of gay, lesbian and bisexual people on the issue.
Just over a quarter – 27 per cent – said they would get married if the law permitted it, just one percentage point more than the number who said they would take up civil partnerships, which were introduced by the Labour government.
The findings, from an online ComRes poll of 541 adults who describe themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual, are a blow for the Prime Minister, who is championing gay marriage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156183/Most-homosexuals-indifferent-David-Camerons-drive-gay-marriage-Only-quarter-wed-law-changes-reveals-poll.html?ito=feeds-newsxml