THE Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, is to retire in September, he announced in Lichfield Cathedral on Monday, during the St Chad’s Day festal evensong. His announcement was exactly ten years ...

THE number of rough-sleepers in England had risen last autumn by 171 per cent since 2010 — an increase that should be seen as a “wake-up call”, the Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice says.

A NEW annotated edition of the Bible, published by the Bible Society and the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC), contains more than 1000 notes, prompts, stories, and features to ...

AN ALLEGATION of misconduct, made under the Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM), against the Revd John Woolmer, a cleric named in the Makin report, will not proceed to a tribunal. Mr Woolmer, who retired ...

A REVIEW carried out by a former barrister for the Church in Wales has expressed approval of a decision to unfrock the former Bishop of Swansea & Brecon Anthony Pierce after he was jailed for indecent ...

A MOTION from Worcester diocesan synod on sustainable church flowers was carried by the General Synod on the Thursday, despite earlier attempts by some members to have to removed from the agenda. The ...

THE enduring nature of poverty and the Church’s capacity to relieve it were the subject of a resumed debate on the Thursday morning. Mark Sheard (Archbishops’ Council) reminded members they were ...

THE Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) returned to the General Synod on the Tuesday morning. Given the Synod’s final approval in February 2025, it had then been deemed “not expedient” by the parliamentary ...

CHINA’s stated policy of “sinicising” religion is, in effect, about “about putting Xi Jinping in front of the Church”, the daughter of a detained influential pastor has warned. Grace Jin Drexel, 31, ...

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