CAREFUL consideration should be given to whether abolishing the seal of the confessional might lead to the reporting of fewer ...

THE House of Bishops has responded to last year’s review of the process by which the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Revd Philip ...

4 May, Acts 9.1-6 (7-20); Psalm 30; Revelation 5.11-end; John 21.1-19 ...

The human journey retains its troubles, but it has been charted, its route made safe. As Augustine of Hippo (354-420) put it, “By his humility, Christ has been made a road for us in time, that by his ...

Delivering a presidential address to General Synod in 2021, Archbishop Stephen Cottrell reaffirmed the goal of the Church of England’s national vision and strategy. It was a strategy for growth, he ...

Preaching tips, advice and inspiration, as featured in the Church Times.

Cape Town Dean calls for unity after city church is fire-bombed by students ...

New UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief announced ...

A life-changing boating accident led Stef Reid to faith and a career in international sport, she tells Susan Gray ...

There is a surfeit of suffering in and around the criminal justice system. Victims of crime are a starting point for sympathy, but other innocent families and children can also be damaged by the ...

Parish records reveal how our ancestors, as a matter of course, combined sacred and secular. In 1885, the Vestry at Holt ...

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Bath & Wells has reprimanded the stonemasons Allstone Memorials for a “wilful attempt” ...