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Cathedral asks Stan to scrub porn star footage

Posted on 24/08/2026 by John Sandeman
channel 7 on st johns

Channel 7 reports: “The Anglican Church has demanded footage filmed inside Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral be removed from a Stan reality series staying producers misled the Dean about the nature of the program. “The Diocese says the production was presented to Dean Dr… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news

Wrapping up the General Synod

Posted on 24/08/2026 by John Sandeman
Synod 2026 multi bishops debate

An Obadiah Slope Column Peter Catt was pleasantly surprised at General Synod: The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt, Dean of St Johns Cathedral in Brisbane has found himself writing approvingly of the atmosphere of the Anglican national church parliament –… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news

Freedom for faith campaigns against Tassie conversion bill

Posted on 23/08/2026 by John Sandeman
Freedom for Faith logo

Mike Southon of Freedom for Faith on their campaign against a Tassie conversion bill. One week into the campaign against the Tasmanian Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill, MPs are already hearing from concerned Tasmanians. More than 450 people have… Continue Reading →

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Schools: Malefactors and the male factor

Posted on 22/08/2026 by John Sandeman
schools and footy headline

At the end of a very bad week of alleged sexual asaults by school students and Swans players there’s been some insightful commentary from Christian ministers. Here’s three, a Baptist, a Uniting and an Anglican with good points to make.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Baptists, Christian news, Uniting Church

Brisbane Archbishop apologises for Stan porn star video

Posted on 20/08/2026 by John Sandeman
dalby

A letter from Archbishop Jeremy Greaves to his clergy: ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIAThe Archbishop of BrisbaneThe Most Reverend Jeremy Greaves KCSJ 20 August 2026Ad Clerum re Use of Cathedral in STAN reality TV show Dear sisters and brothers, On behalf… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news
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When Foucault meets complementarianism

Posted on 19/08/2026 by John Sandeman
Foucault meets Complementarianism

In a world where sloganeering replaces argument, a serious critique of the diocese one attends as a Sydney Anglican is welcome, despite – actually, because – it questions a deeply embedded practice. Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality by… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Doctrine
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Something I did not know about John 23

Posted on 18/08/2026 by John Sandeman
John 23

From the Two Pennies Facebookers He was supposed to be a caretaker pope. A placeholder. The cardinals thought he had a year or two in him at most. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born in 1881 in a village near Bergamo,… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Catholics, Christian History, Christian news

A controversial ceremony at Brisbane Cathedral

Posted on 17/08/2026 by John Sandeman
Turned On program

Filming of scenes for a controversial online show ‘Turned On: Dirty, Sexy Money’ at Brisbane’s Anglican Cathedral has drawn a shocked reaction after Collective Shout campaigner Melinda Tankard Reist posted about it. Making the point that the series is “part… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, sex

‘Never been a better time’: Increased Bible sales in the US brings opportunities for churches

Posted on 16/08/2026 by John Sandeman
Bibles

Aaron Earls of Lifeway Research via Religion Unplugged In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg printed around 180 copies of the Bible, the first book to come from his movable type printing press. Last year, 570 years after Gutenberg, more than 19.1 million… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Bible, Christian news
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Australian Anglicans become more evangelical, redress debts mount

Posted on 15/08/2026 by John Sandeman

The Anglican Church of Australia is tilting further and further towards evangelicalism, an analysis of the election results from the General Synod (national church parliament) shows. This is seen clearly in the election of members to the Standing Committee of… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, First nations, redress

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