THE General Synod stopped short of transferring all safeguarding functions to an external organisation, at least in the short ...

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“A DISTURBINGLY pervasive culture of denial, silence, a refusal to take heed of the lived experience of others and the ...

SOME of those who knew of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth have been “lying”, a survivor told the General Synod on Monday ...

To coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week (3 to 9 February), the charity published its poll of 3011 parents of children ...

The Church Times Cricket Cup began in 1951 and has been fiercely contested by dioceses ever since. The idea for an inter-diocesan cricket competition was first suggested by the Revd Greader Bussell, ...

THE Archbishop of York is preparing for the first meeting of the General Synod since the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church of England is currently navigating decidedly choppy ...

THE effects of President Donald Trump’s orders halting the United States’ refugee-assistance and overseas-aid programmes are already being felt, as charities lay off staff and slash support services.

CONSULTATION on the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury begins today. Members of the public are invited to propose candidates and comment on what the Church needs from the next Primate of ...

A FORMER Bishop of Swansea & Brecon has appeared at Swansea Crown Court, charged with sexual offences, the Church in Wales reports. The Rt Revd Anthony Pierce, 84, pleaded guilty to five counts of ...

ALLEGATIONS of sexual abuse and coercive behaviour were made against the Revd David Fletcher, a former Rector of St Ebbe’s, Oxford, after the publication of the Makin report, it was revealed on ...

16 February, Proper 2: Jeremiah 17.5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15.12-20; Luke 6.17-26 LUKE’s version of Jesus’s Beatitudes (or “blessings”) challenges the more famous version recorded in Matthew (5.1 ...