CofE bishops: 'Noble' metal of chalice no protection against swine flu

July 16, 2009

A little-noticed intervention by the Church of England on swine flu is slowly filtering down to the parishes. This means that churchgoing colleagues at The Times, slightly panicked by dire-sounding pronouncements from the pulpits about the dangers of intinction, have been asking me what's going on. The Church though has been prophetic once again. Already 29 have died in Britain, up to 63,000 deaths are predicted , Cherie Blair has got it and as I sit here in Wapping, my son is watching YouTube at the computer terminal beside me, his teacher having been sent home with swine flu. So what is the Church saying? the rest