THE first “informal update” on the Living in Love and Faith process since February was introduced to the General Synod on Saturday afternoon by the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, and ...

FIFTEEN Roman Catholic nuns have been declared blessed martyrs, eight decades after being murdered by Russian soldiers in Poland. One was shot while resisting rape; two others were dragged to their ...

CORRUPTION of the Christian faith “to exclude others” is “unacceptable”, the bishops of the diocese of Southwark have said, in response to Tommy Robinson’s planned carol service in London this weekend ...

THE drive to Quito from the city’s airport takes a winding route, which squeezes through the volcanoes surrounding Ecuador’s capital. As we begin our descent into the city proper, a bustling ...

ADVOCATES of “full inclusion” of LGBTQ+ people in the Church have reacted with dismay to the House of Bishops’ decision that stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and the ...

NEW research commissioned by the charity Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) suggests that a large majority of European citizens consider church buildings and other sites of religious significance to ...

THE first Covid-19 patient to die at St Thomas’ Hospital in London was a woman in her nineties, on Saturday 14 March 2020. Within a month, more than 100 patients had died. Among those receiving ...

THE New Year Honours list, published on Monday evening, includes well-known churchpeople. Among them are the chief executive of the Children’s Society since 2019, and previously chief executive of the ...

A PLEA for continued commitment to the cause of Christian unity, and a warning against the sin of “running out of patience with dialogue” was delivered to hundreds of members of the Society of the ...

Years-long Living in Love and Faith process will instead come to an ‘imperfect’ and ‘untidy’ end, statement says ...

RESTORATION, forgiveness, and healing are needed at Oak Hill Theological College after recent “difficult times”, an organisational-health review has concluded. It follows the departure in 2023 of the ...

THE General Synod has agreed to welcome the Bishops’ proposals to provide prayers to bless same-sex unions in church — but with a last-minute clarification that their use would not contradict the ...