Jamie Franklin

Oct 24, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Jamie Franklin

Archbishop Justin Welby’s appearance on The Rest is Politics has caused quite a stir in Anglican circles. For the most part, the Archbishop came across well and gave some very insightful answers when questioned, for example, about original sin and peace-making in war-torn nations. But these good things are inevitably going to be overshadowed by Welby’s answer to Alistair Campbell’s question about gay sex.

Oct 24, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Jamie Franklin

Archbishop Justin Welby’s appearance on The Rest is Politics has caused quite a stir in Anglican circles. For the most part, the Archbishop came across well and gave some very insightful answers when questioned, for example, about original sin and peace-making in war-torn nations. But these good things are inevitably going to be overshadowed by Welby’s answer to Alistair Campbell’s question about gay sex.

May 31, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Julien Bocobza |Tim Fourteau |Jamie Franklin

Power Development Plan VIII ("PDP8") calls for expansions to renewable energy generation and development of LNG facilities to aid a gradual phase-out of coal-fired power plants. The plan will require US$134.7 billion in domestic and foreign investment by 2030 and lays a pathway for Vietnam to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Apr 25, 2023 | thecritic.co.uk | Jamie Franklin

Imagine being completely ignorant of an entire field of human knowledge, reading around it for a week or so, and then producing the most embarrassingly incoherent, rambling screed imaginable that demonstrates your absolute lack of mastery of the subject in question. That is precisely what Matthew Parris has done in his shamefully stupid article in The Spectator, “The problem with St Paul”.

Feb 6, 2023 | firstthings.com | Jamie Franklin

During this week’s General Synod, the Church of England will hammer out the details of its decision to allow blessings of same-sex civil marriages. The decision, announced on January 15, stops short of permitting the church to perform actual same-sex marriage rites, and yet it represents a clear step toward fully overturning church doctrine.