The Swedish State and the Church of Sweden should apologize for historic injustices committed against a minority group called Tornedalians, an independent commission has said.
Over the past 20 years, the Church of Sweden has lost over 1.6 million members. Within the church, there is a growing concern that declining membership will hamper the.
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4 Jun 2021
The Right Reverend Joanna Penberthy, Bishop of St Davids, has deleted a “personal” Twitter account which she used to abuse Conservatives and Brexit supporters.
Penberthy, the first female bishop in the Church in Wales an Anglican church closely related to the Church of England, of which it was formerly a part and in which she was a clergywoman earlier in her career wrote “Never never never trust a Tory” on Twitter while quoting another user who alleged that Britain’s governing party has been “scheming to abolish the Welsh Assembly since its inception.”
The Welsh Assembly, or Senedd, is roughly equivalent to a U.S. state legislature.