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General Synod - Summary of Business Conducted on Thursday 1st March pm

1 March 2007

 

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

DRAFT AMENDING CANON No 28 (GS 1642)

Following debate, the Canon was carried at first consideration and committed to revision in committee.

 

Audio of session

 

 

MEDIA STANDARDS: THEIR EFFECT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY

Following debate, an amendment to the original motion was moved by the Bishop of Manchester and three further amendments were carried. The motion was carried by the Synod in the following form:

'That this Synod

(a) welcome the media's contribution to an open and informed society, significantly influencing people's awareness of themselves, each other and the world;

(b) affirm the Church's support for the highest media standards and express its concerns at the current tendency to exploit the humiliation of human beings for public entertainment;

(c) call on Christian churches, groups and individuals to contribute positively to the debate about standards in the media;

(d) note that there are no regulations regarding the printed media for the sale and display of sexually explicit material with binding codes and transparent guidelines;

(e) recognise that carefully framed research may shed further light on the influence of media as a significant factor affecting behaviour and encourage further enquiries into this effect; and

(f) call on Her Majesty's Government to note this Synod's concerns.'

 

Audio of session

 

 

FAREWELLS

The Dr Philip Giddings, Chair of the Mission and Public Affairs Council, gave a farewell tribute for John Clark (Director of Mission and Public Affairs for the Archbishops' Council), who retires in April.

The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a farewell tribute for the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, who retires in July.

 

PROROGATION

The Archbishop of Canterbury closed the Group of Sessions with a blessing.

 

Audio of closing sessions

 

 

Please note that this review of business does not represent the full, authorised report of proceedings, which will be issued shortly after the close of this Group of Sessions.