CONCERNS about immigration and border policy deserve “honest and constructive public debate”, and “rhetoric that dehumanises vulnerable people fleeing violence or persecution” must be challenged, the ...

THIS Gospel is one of the longest set for a principal service outside Passiontide. Length alone tells us that the message must be important, must be taken as a whole, and must be covert as well as ...

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 ...

THE General Synod voted overwhelmingly to accept the Parochial Fees Order 2026 and keep burial fees as they stood at present. A series of amendments had enabled the Synod to reject a proposed one-off ...

THE TIMES carried a really excellent fact-check and demolition job by its religious-affairs correspondent, Kaya Burgess, on Reform UK’s proposal to help save Britain’s “Christian heritage”. The ...

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 ...

PROTESTERS interrupted a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast of choral evensong from Chichester Cathedral on Wednesday, condemning the diocese’s investment in fossil fuels. Members of Christian Climate Action ...

IT IS no secret that the world of social media is a cesspit of misogyny and violence against women, from influencers such as Andrew Tate to AI chatbots such as Grok creating non-consensual sexually ...

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 ...

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