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

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

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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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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 ...

MORE than one third of adults in the UK are anxious about their everyday finances, new polling from Christians Against Poverty (CAP) suggests. Through its latest campaign, “Budget not Blues”, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...