THE Governing Body of the Church in Wales has voted overwhelmingly to make its liturgy for the blessing of same-sex marriages and civil partnerships, trialled for the past five years, permanent, by ...

A FORMER deputy churchwarden, Benjamin Field, who was sentenced in 2019 to life for the murder of a teacher and fellow churchgoer, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday. The ...

THE Church is no different from any other charity or branch of social services unless social action and the Easter message are held together, the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Cherry Vann, told ...

An ongoing financial audit is being undertaken following allegations of potential financial irregularities in relation to two separate funds’ ...

ANTHONY KNIGHT, who turned 20 on Monday and is in his second year at the Royal College of Music (RCM), remembers the moment when he dreamed up the idea now called the “Pilgrimage of Hope”, during ...

LEGAL sanction, including the possibility of disqualification from holding office, is necessary to address bullying by lay officer-holder s, a motion set to be debated by General Synod this month ...

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a statement in solidarity with the Pope, whose repeated calls for peace in the Middle East and elsewhere have been criticisied by President Trump. “I urge ...

A NEW resource to help churches to welcome and support migrants, refugees, and displaced people has been launched by the Anglican Alliance. The pack, People on the Move, has been released in ...

THE position of the Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop is not something that I have sought lightly. While much has been done to strengthen safeguarding in our Church, these remain deeply ...

THE past three weeks have been momentous for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her departure from the diocese of London, on foot, was followed eight days later by the stately enthronement in Canterbury ...

TENSIONS were high as Mozambique prepared for the swearing-in of President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday, amid continued street protests over the disputed parliamentary election result. Thousands of ...

THE Archbishop of York described the Middle East conflict as “literally pointless” in his Easter Day sermon at York Minster. “We thirst for peace between the warring nations of the world and . . . cry ...