Media Centre

Daily Media Briefing: Wednesday 26 September 2012

Good Morning from the Church of England Communications Office

Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942
Tomorrow: Vincent de Paul, founder of the Lazarists, 1660


1. Prayer for the Crown Nominations Commission

People on Twitter are being urged to pray for the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), as the Commission meets today to consider the appointment of the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

The hashtag "#prayforthecnc" will be used in messages sent out throughout the day by the Church of England's Communications office directing people to a special prayer, which has been posted on the Church of England's website.

Tweets will link to "Prayer for the CNC" at http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2012/09/prayer-for-the-crown-nominations-committee.aspx


2. Today's press coverage

Guardian p15, BBC website, Channel 4 News website
Articles focusing on the fact that the Crown Nominations Commission is meeting this week, the "body responsible for choosing Rowan Williams' successor as Archbishop of Canterbury".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/26/new-archbishop-of-canterbury-secret?newsfeed=true
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19724700
http://www.channel4.com/news/who-will-be-the-new-archbishop-of-canterbury

Times p13, Daily Mail p4, Sun p5
Within the many articles devoted to missing teenager Megan Stammers, The Times, and other papers, report that "the school… had previously employed a teacher who abused its pupils".
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3549827.ece

Daily Mail p19, Independent p23, Times p11, Evening Standard p13 and p14, i p9
Many articles on gay marriage: in the Daily Mail, Andrew Pierce's Conference Diary focuses on the opinions of Lynne Featherstone and Culture Secretary Maria Miller; other articles report that "Hugh Grant has become the latest public figure to declare his support for gay marriage".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2208601/Andrew-Pierces-Conference-diary-A-rocky-marriage-equals.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/loves-for-everyone-actually-hugh-grant-backs-gay-marriage-8176004.html