THE Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Kanishka Raffel, has issued a statement embracing “Jewish neighbours and fellow citizens in love, friendship, and support” in the aftermath of what he described ...

THE Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, was “clearly correct” in taking no further action against the Revd Tim Hastie-Smith concerning the handling of reports about John Smyth’s abusive behaviour ...

I WORKED as a BBC producer for 22 years — first in radio, then mostly on the Everyman documentary series. I also spent a year with the Horizon science series. I loved my job, and thought myself ...

BETWEEN 1992 and 2024, former Anglican clergy made up more than one third of those beginning priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, a new report reveals. The report, ...

THE Church cannot solve the world’s problems, but it can model a way of living that rejects a “them and us” narrative, the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Cherry Vann, said in her sermon at her ...

THE popularity of Christmas jumpers was illustrated last year in reports from the Lidl supermarket chain that it had sold one every two seconds. Its designs included Christmas trees, snowflakes, candy ...

ONE in ten young people are unhappy with their lives, the Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Report 2025 has concluded. This year, the research for the report, released on Thursday, included ...

FIVE per cent of the respondents to the latest National Churches Trust (NCT) survey say that their church will either “definitely” or “probably” be closed as a place of worship by 2030. The findings ...

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THE growth of a “revolutionary trend” of spiritual revival among young people in reaction to today’s secular culture has been predicted by a European religious sociologist, who urges Churches to ...

THE National Church Governance Measure received final approval on Saturday morning, after the Archbishop of York had indicated the King’s consent to debate the Measure, which affected royal ...