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Bishop Voices Support In Case Of Trans Teen Seeking Asylum; Lawyer Given Extension
The Bishop of Iceland has joined the chorus of Icelanders calling for the government to grant asylum to an Iranian trans teen and his family, RÚV reports. The boy in question, Maní, is still in hospital due to the psychological toll of…
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Catholic Bishop Of Iceland Speaks Up About Circumcision
Davíð Tencer, the Catholic Bishop of Iceland, has recently declared his support for the Jewish and Muslim community in their fight to practice their religion of freedom, RÚV reports. Tencer is the latest religious leader to voice his opinion about the controversial circumcision…
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Bishop Of Iceland: Child Circumcision Ban Could “Criminalise” Judaism & Islam
Bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir believes a ban on child circumcision could make Jews and Muslims feel “unwelcome” in Iceland, and would effectively criminalise their religions. While a proposed ban on circumcising boys is still being debated, both in Parliament and in the…
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Bishop Pays 90,000 ISK In Rent For House In Downtown Reykjavík
Part of Bishop Agnes Sigurðardóttir’s justification for requesting a pay rise is the rent she pays on a 487m2 house in downtown Reykjavík: 90,000 ISK – well below the average rent paid in the area. As reported, the Bishop recently requested that…
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Iceland’s President Has Donated Millions From Own Pay To Charity
Over the past year, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has donated about 4 million ISK to charity after getting a pay rise last year that he never asked for. As reported last year, Iceland’s President received a pay rise of about half a…
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Bishop Of Iceland Asks For, And Receives, Sizable Pay Rise
The Bishop of Iceland requested and received a 21% pay rise, and now earns 1.55 million ISK per month. RÚV reports that Bishop Agnes Sigurðardóttir received a rise of 270,000 ISK – the average minimum wage for most workers in Iceland –…
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Bishop Responds To Criticism
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir says the church will continue to show compassion for those in need, and are not breaking the law by doing so. “It was not our intent, nor will it ever be our intent, that the church…
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Bishop Calls On Gov’t To Show Compassion For Asylum Seekers; Hunger Strike Begins
An Iraqi asylum seeker is now on his third day of a hunger strike. Meanwhile, the Bishop of Iceland is calling for more compassion towards asylum seekers. Raisan Shihmani, an asylum seeker who fled Iraq in September 2015 and has been in…
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Bishop Calls For Religious Tolerance
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir spent part of her Easter mass calling for greater tolerance towards refugees, and those of other faiths. Vísir reports that the Bishop delivered her Easter mass at the Reykjavík Cathedral yesterday morning, wherein she touched upon…
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Bishop: “Unnatural” For President To Not Be In National Church
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir believes it would be unnatural for the next president to not be in the national church. In an interview with Kjarninn on the up-coming presidential elections, the bishop weighed in on what qualities she believes the…
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Icelandic Priests Cannot Deny Gay Marriage
The National Church Of Iceland completed talks yesterday which concluded that “priests in Iceland cannot deny two people of marriage based on sexual orientation,” according to Pressan. Gay rights were on the agenda during the talks–especially the concept of “freedom of conscience.”…
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MP Says Bishop’s Words “Smell Of Nonsense”
MP for the Pirate Party, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, has challenged the Bishop of Iceland’s comments regarding the separation of church and state, saying her comments “smelled of nonsense,” reports Vísir. After news broke that the majority of Icelanders want the separation of…
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Church “Cannot Take Any More Cuts”
The Bishop of Iceland says the national church does not have the funds to pay its clergy, but the salaries of the upper echelons remain fairly high. RÚV reports that Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir is unhappy with budget cuts made…
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Bishop Blames Immigration For People Leaving The Church
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir believes people leaving Iceland and foreigners coming in contribute to the high numbers of people deregistering from the National Church. Addressing attendees at an ecumenical council last Saturday, RÚV reports, the bishop offered a number of…
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Bishop Finds It A Shame Cops Need Machine Guns
After addressing an ecumenical council on the importance of the church being a “messenger of peace”, Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir told reporters that she trusts the police need the newly-acquired cache of MP5 submachine guns. RÚV reports that the Bishop…
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RÚV Backtracks, Prayers Back On Air
Iceland’s National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, have backtracked their recent decision to take prayers off air following a meeting with the Bishop of Iceland. As reported, RÚV planned to remove daily morning and evening prayers, plus programmes in which scripture is read out and replace…