THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Carlisle has granted a faculty, despite the opposition of the diocesan advisory committee (DAC), for a hatchment to be hung in St Michael’s, Bowness-on-Solway, ...

MAYBE it was a Monty Python sketch that first introduced the idea of competitive grievance. Four Yorkshiremen tell stories of their deprived childhoods, each trumping the other in exaggerated ...

CHRISTIANS in Palestine are both nourished and empowered by visits to the Holy Land, the Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Revd Hosam Naoum, said on the final day of the Archbishop of York’s ...

IN 1969, Michael Stancliffe arrived from St Margaret’s, Westminster as the new Dean of Winchester. Three years later, he invited his former organist from St Margaret’s, Martin Neary, to join him. By ...

A FOOD pantry based in a historic church in Norwich must find alternative accommodation by the end of the month, after its operators, St Giles Trust, decided not to renew the lease. St Saviour’s, ...

AS A Roman Catholic child living on the Franco-German border, I learned the language of faith long before I understood its meaning. Words such as “holy”, “glory”, and “virgin birth” were markings on a ...

Have a go at our next caption competition (above). Send entries by email only to [email protected] by 9 a.m., Monday 1 December. We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide ...

THE Church of England has been trying to tackle race-related issues for decades, with varying degrees of success. The latest round of initiatives stemmed from the Anti-Racism Taskforce, which was ...

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THE Church in Wales will vote in 2027 on allowing same-sex marriage in church, after a decision taken by the Bench of Bishops this week. In a pastoral letter released on Thursday morning, the Bishops ...

ISRAEL has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza, and the situation in the occupied West Bank amounts to “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing”, the Archbishop of York has said. Archbishop Cottrell used the ...

THE Church cannot solve the world’s problems, but it can model a way of living that rejects a “them and us” narrative, the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Cherry Vann, said in her sermon at her ...