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 ...

AS I prepared to write about the conversion of Paul, I was tempted to comment on Acts 9 as well as the Gospel, even though, for the past two-and-a-bit years, I have been confining myself to the Gospel ...

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Worcester has ordered that three petitioners, who had been granted a faculty permitting certain structural remedial work to be undertaken at St Mary’s, Doverdale ...

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

IN VIEW of widespread anti-government protests in Iran, the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, is praying for a “peaceful resolution that will lead to justice and freedom”. On Thursday ...

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 ...

FAITH is diversifying rather than disappearing from Britain, according to a study of people who have undergone change in their religious belief. Its authors suggest that a “quiet but profound” ...

THE Church of England conducted fewer weddings than ever in 2023, as the number of people in England and Wales getting married in religious ceremonies slumped to a new low. In total, 216,901 weddings ...

WHEN the Revd Chantal Noppen was undergoing her ordination training at Westcott House, Cambridge, from 2010 to 2013, she felt that “there were so many things stacked up against it being a comfortable, ...

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 ...