There have long been calls for Newman to be made a Doctor of the Church. At the time of his canonisation, the RC Archbishop ...

THE Bishop of Monmouth, the Rt Revd Cherry Vann, is the new Archbishop of Wales.

Sam Margrave (Coventry) was going to vote against the Measure, which he described as a “power grab”. He was concerned about paying members of CENS and the “diminished role of Synod”. More people from ...

THE Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, who chairs the Triennial Funding Working Group (TFWG), introduced to the General Synod on the Friday the “ambitious financial package” agreed with the ...

THE General Synod approved the Archbishops’ Council’s budget and apportionment proposals for 2026.

“DISCIPLINES of prayer”, liturgy, and contemplation of scripture were the “wellsprings” of faith, the Archbishop of York said in his presidential address to the General Synod on the Friday.

THE General Synod approved the eight-day “envelope” of dates for its February sessions in 2027-29, after a debate on the Monday morning. Members, particularly those with school-age children, expressed ...

Dr Nassar grew up in Latakia on Syria’s Mediterranean coast alongside Alawites, a religious minority in Syria which originates from Shia Islam. He condemned the massacres that took place in March in ...

Owing to the circumstances of his death in a house fire in 1992, she had not wanted his body to be cremated at the time ...

The Deputy Commander of 1st UK Division says the division has been NATO’s ‘high readiness’ unit, ready to intervene in any global crisis ...

Grant will enable the poorest diocese in Church of England to avoid a reduction in clergy numbers for financial reasons, and to fund parish projects ...

The Revd Graham Kirk-Spriggs (Norwich) told the Synod: “There is no way I am ever going to afford a house. . . There is ...