swine flu pandemic

by Charlie BoydPosted: Monday, July 27, 2009, 16:05 (BST)Christian TodayThe Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to bishops in the Church of England advising them to halt the sharing of the chalice during communion to help prevent the spread of swine flu.During communion, members of the congregation typically drink wine from a chalice before it is wiped clean by the presiding minister and administered to the next communicant.The Archbishops have issued the latest guidelines following

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If you’re pregnant lock yourself in the house, shut the curtains and wear a facemask if you so much as put your nose outside the door… has advice to pregnant women finally gone too far? Or, given that at least  six healthy women in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy are reported to be in intensive care with pandemic flu in Australia is this reasonable advice? The difficulty is that as yet we don’t know enough about the behaviour of the new H1N1 flu virus

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It is not just the Presiding Bishop of TEC who is compromising the Gospel message in what she says. Now, as reported with approval by Anglican vicar David Keen , the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are offering official advice to the Bishops of the Church of England which directly contradicts the teaching of Jesus and the Apostle Paul, as well as Article 30 of the Thirty-Nine Articles : In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood;

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The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to Bishops in the Church of England recommending the suspension of the sharing of the chalice at communion.The Archbishops’ letter follows advice from the Department of Health not to share “common vessels” for food or drink.For those who wish still to offer both bread and wine, the Archbishops have recommended use of “personal intinction by the presiding minister” allowing the priest to dip communion wafers in the chalice before handing them ou

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BBCQ&A: The Swine flu serviceThe National Pandemic Swine Flu Service has been launched in England. It is the latest move in the government’s fight against swine flu. But what will it do and why has it been established now?What is the swine flu service for?The swine flu line is a phone and internet service.To contact the service, call 0800 1 513 100or log on tohttp://www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicfluIt uses a checklist to diagnose whether people have swine flu and can then give them access to anti-fl

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