The signatories — which include at least one member of safeguarding staff from 90 per cent of dioceses — write that they are ...

THAT 14 million people in the UK, including more than four million children, are living in poverty is a “wearily familiar” ...

In response to the Makin report, Dr Makgoba commissioned an independent panel to review, at speed, whether he and his diocese ...

The Archdeacon of Liverpool, Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, addresses the General Synod in London in February 2024 THE challenge of meeting demands for transparency while protecting the privacy of ...

A BOWL made from a churchyard yew tree by a local woodturner has been presented to Pope Francis by the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, during his ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome earlier ...

“WORDS of introduction or welcome may be said.” This is the permissive rubric that follows “The Greeting”, in the Common Worship order for holy communion. In a typical congregational booklet, this ...

THE part played by churches and faith groups in “social prescribing” — connecting people to community-based activities to benefit their well-being — presents a possible pathway for improving health ...

THE next steps in Living in Love and Faith (LLF) require “serious attention to issues of power, trust, honesty, and transparency”, the lead bishop on LLF, the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn ...

9 February, Proper 1: Isaiah 6.1-8 (9-end); Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15.1-11; Luke 5.1-11 IN THIS Gospel, Simon responds to Jesus as he does, not because of a realisation at that moment (15.8), but ...

AN ADVOCATE for vulnerable women, Lianne Kirkman, is to spend ten nights in a row sleeping rough, to highlight issues of women’s safety and to raise money for a hub where women can meet, have access ...

All Shall Be Well: Visions of salvation with Julian of Norwich by Emma Pennington (BRF, £12.99 (£11.69); 978-1-80039-206-9). “Through revelations ten to sixteen of her Revelations of Divine Love, ...

THE Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, has resigned with immediate effect. He wrote to the clergy of the diocese on Thursday morning that, having sought permission from the King, he had taken ...