THE cost of long vacancies in sees was among the issues discussed by the House of Bishops at its meeting this week. The meeting, held from Monday to Wednesday, focused on “discussion of emerging work ...

New guidance warns that well-intentioned practices can become harmful when human judgement is mistaken for the voice of God ...

THE historian Tom Holland has written about the Roman and Persian empires; he has examined with a sceptical eye the foundational myths of Islam. Now he has turned his attention to our own civilisation ...

LAMBETH PALACE said on Thursday that it had withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week (News,18 September). Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi ...

THE involvement of the leaders of Holy Trinity, Brompton (HTB), in a movement to resist the recently introduced Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF) for same-sex couples has alarmed members of the HTB ...

EVANGELICALS make up almost two-thirds of the “practising Christians” in the UK, a new report from the Evangelical Alliance suggests. The CEO of the charity, Gavin Calver, said that the poll ...

THE author of the well-known book 12 Rules for Life (2018), Dr Jordan B. Peterson, who is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, wrestled publicly last month with his beliefs about ...

Five years ago, the Revd Marcus Walker co-founded the Save the Parish campaign. The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, former parish priest, cathedral canon, and college dean, sat down recently with Fr Walker in ...

CHURCHGOING among young people, particularly men, in England and Wales is growing, but not within the Church of England, a new report from the Bible Society suggests. The report, The Quiet Revival, ...

I HAVE written this piece — and the book from which it is derived — out of heartfelt love of the Church of England and its people. By “its people”, I mean not only the faithful regulars in churches, ...

AFTER a period of what they describe as “positive but yet frank interaction”, the Bench of Bishops will not be introducing, in April 2027, a Bill permitting same-sex couples to marry in church, as ...

Athletics was more about enjoyment for me. I did play football at a fairly high level, but it was athletics that won over. Obviously, I was very good, but I also genuinely loved it. I felt free when I ...