IN THE 17 parishes in the first minster community (MC) in the diocese of Leicester, PCCs are considering proposals to meet the cost of its ministry, as required by the diocesan framework. The number ...

AN ANGLICAN priest has pledged to work for closer ecumenical ties in Germany after being chosen to chair the country’s main inter-Church council. “Belonging to one of Germany’s smallest Churches, I ...

THE words “supportive”, “respectful”, and “welcoming” were the three most often used to describe the safeguarding culture across the diocese of Lincoln and at Lincoln Cathedral, the INEQE Safeguarding ...

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THE Church of England’s drive to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 is already reducing energy bills and making churches fit for the future, the lead bishop for the environment says. Speaking to ...

THE Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Revd Nick Baines, has announced that he is to retire on 30 November. In an ad clerum on Monday morning, Bishop Baines, who is 67, said that serving as the first Bishop of ...

A RARE copy of the first complete Bible in Chinese, which had been donated to an Oxfam bookshop, has sold for more than £56,000. The Bible was dropped off at the shop in Chelmsford by an unknown donor ...

CHURCH leaders in Latin America have delivered an urgent message to the Brazilian government on the plight of the Amazon rainforest. The COP30 climate talks are to be held in Brazil this year. Nearly ...

CARTER. The Revd Philip Carter, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Benfieldside and of Castleside (Durham): 30 March. CHASE. The Revd Ti Chase, Assistant Curate of Great Clacton (Chelmsford).

I HAZILY remember the days of real journalism, into which I was inducted on The Spectator in 1983. Proceedings started with a three- or four-hour lunch, after which we walked down to the printers, ...

THE Curriculum and Assessment Review’s interim report, published by the Department for Education this month, has applied “a social justice lens throughout its work” to raise standards in schools, and ...

IMPROVED support for “people bereaved as a result of Covid-19” was the subject of a short debate called by the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, in the House of Lords last week. “In our ...