The signatories — which include at least one member of safeguarding staff from 90 per cent of dioceses — write that they are ...

THAT 14 million people in the UK, including more than four million children, are living in poverty is a “wearily familiar” ...

In response to the Makin report, Dr Makgoba commissioned an independent panel to review, at speed, whether he and his diocese ...

The Archdeacon of Liverpool, Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, addresses the General Synod in London in February 2024 THE challenge of meeting demands for transparency while protecting the privacy of ...

A COALITION of 20 charities is lobbying the Government to introduce a debt-cancellation scheme for lower-income countries in the Roman Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. In a letter published this week, ...

“WORDS of introduction or welcome may be said.” This is the permissive rubric that follows “The Greeting”, in the Common Worship order for holy communion. In a typical congregational booklet, this ...

A BOWL made from a churchyard yew tree by a local woodturner has been presented to Pope Francis by the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, during his ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome earlier ...

THE part played by churches and faith groups in “social prescribing” — connecting people to community-based activities to benefit their well-being — presents a possible pathway for improving health ...

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THE next steps in Living in Love and Faith (LLF) require “serious attention to issues of power, trust, honesty, and transparency”, the lead bishop on LLF, the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn ...

AN ADVOCATE for vulnerable women, Lianne Kirkman, is to spend ten nights in a row sleeping rough, to highlight issues of women’s safety and to raise money for a hub where women can meet, have access ...

Madeleine Davies speaks to one of the two women who have made allegations against the Bishop of Liverpool, and explores wider concerns about the Church’s processes for responding to such reports A ...