APPROVAL of stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples is unlikely to be put to the General Synod this summer, it ...

THE membership of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) that will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to be ...

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The Green Health Awards celebrate the efforts made by churches and Christian organisations to use gardens and churchyards creatively for well-being. Gardeners have always understood the power of ...

Interview: Shaphan Roberts, senior director, Strategic Development and Global Expansion; adjunct professor, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution ...

26 January, Nehemiah 8.1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19 (19.1-6); 1 Corinthians 12.12-31a; Luke 4.14-21 WHEN I ask people to read in worship, I advise them to prepare by reading the passage beforehand, ...

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TENSIONS were high as Mozambique prepared for the swearing-in of President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday, amid continued street protests over the disputed parliamentary election result. Thousands of ...

SOLAR panels — 184 of them — have been installed and blessed on the roof of York Minster. The Dean, the Very Revd Dominic Barrington, prayed: “Bless these solar panels that they may help us in our ...

THE first new parish in the diocese of Guildford for 25 years has been established at the site of the former Deepcut army barracks in Surrey. The former garrison church, St Barbara’s, built as a tin ...

CEASEFIRE was agreed between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday evening, according to media reports. Exact details of the deal remain unconfirmed, but media reports suggest that the agreement is structured ...

Karl Barth on Religion: A critique by Keith Ward (Cambridge University Press, £23.99 (£21.59); 978-1-009-55541-8). “In this study, Keith Ward offers a detailed critique of Barth's views on religion ...