06 December 2012
Good Morning from the Church of England Communications
Office
Daily Briefing for Thursday 6th December
2012
Issued at 09.25 by sj
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Nicholas, bishop, c.326
Tomorrow: Ambrose, bishop, teacher of the faith, 397
1. Prayer for the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge
The Church of England website has today published a prayer for
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at
http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/topical-prayers/prayer-for-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge.aspx.
It reads:
God our creator,
we thank you for the wonder of new life
and for the mystery of human love.
We pray for William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge
as they prepare to receive the gift of their child.
We thank you that we are known to you by name
and loved by you from all eternity,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
2. Today's press coverage
Times p26
Report that 'the Archbishop of Canterbury has chosen a
New Zealand archbishop as the Anglican Communion's representative
to the Holy See'.
No online link
Sun p4
Short report on the blessing the Archbishop of York gave
at a service in York Minster for the 3rd Battalion, the
Yorkshire Regiment.
No online link
Metro p9, Mail p6, Star p6, Sun p7
Reports that 'church congregations up and down the land
will be able to join in prayer for the duchess this Sunday' re
prayer above.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9724425/Kate-Middleton-pregnant-hospital-security-blunder-as-Kates-nurse-falls-for-hoax-call.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4683335/Pippa-Middleton-visits-pregnant-Kate-as-Wills-vows-to-be-a-nappy-chappy.html
and scroll to end
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/286393/Fury-at-Kate-radio-prank/
and scroll to end
Mirror p 37
Report that a cap on 'rates charged by payday lenders
was agreed by peers yesterday' with mention of 'new Archbishop of
Canterbury'.
No online link
Times p14, Mirror p37
Reports that 'a university Christian Union (Bristol
University) has tried to ban women speakers at its meetings unless
they are accompanied by their husbands'.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article3621945.ece
Ind p22
Report that Newham Council have rejected plans to build
Britain's largest mosque.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rejected-the-mosque-plan-that-grew-so-big-it-attracted-the-wrong-sort-of-crowd-8386158.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rejected-the-mosque-plan-that-grew-so-big-it-attracted-the-wrong-sort-of-crowd-8386158.html
Exp p39
Feature on author Lorna Byrne who "has the ability to
see angels".
No online link
Letters
Even Stand p53 - Dr Christie Davies - Act of Succession
and the ability of a monarch to marry a Roman Catholic 'who refuses
to convert".
No online link
Newspaper Web links with most or all stories -
Daily
Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Daily
Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk
FT
http://www.ft.com
Guardian
http://guardian.co.uk
Independent titles http://www.independent.co.uk
Observer
http://www.observer.co.uk
People
http://www.people.co.uk
Sun
http://www.the-sun.co.uk
Sunday Mirror http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk
Sunday Times http://www.sunday-times.co.uk
Telegraph titles http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk
With some stories
Daily Express http://www.express.co.uk
Daily
Star
http://www.dailystar.co.uk
Ev
Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk
Church press
Baptist Times http://www.baptist.org.uk/btnews.htm
Catholic Herald http://www.catholicherald.co.uk
CEN
http://www.churchnewspaper.com
Church Times http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/front.asp
Methodist
Recorder http://www.methodistrecorder.co.uk/index.htm
Tablet
http://www.thetablet.co.uk
Other links
Ananova
http://www.ananova.com
BBC
http://bbc.co.uk
Channel
4
http://www.channel4.com
Private
Eye
http://www.private-eye.co.uk
Reuters
http://www.reuters.co.uk