THE 250th anniversary of the foundation of the US Declaration of Independence fell at a time when the stories of the nation’s government and the Episcopal Church were “most sharply diverging”, the ...

THE Christian Brothers Oceania Province, which includes Australia, has won a court moratorium on all current and future civil sexual-abuse claims, while it seeks court permission to create a creditors ...

Paul Vallely and Nick Spencer join Ed Thornton on the podcast this week to discuss how Andy Burnham’s Roman Catholicism influences his politics.

“HE’S not the Messiah,” one MP called out, as Andy Burnham — the former Mayor of Manchester, newly elected MP for Makerfield, purported saviour of the Labour Party from electoral oblivion at the hands ...

‘The State did not do enough to protect mothers, children, and families from harm. For this systemic failure, I am truly sorry’ SIR KEIR STARMER has formally apologised for the part played by the ...

A NEW AI tool, Abraame, is being promoted as “the first AI-assisted platform for comparative study of the three Abrahamic traditions”. The platform, published by Airking DWC-LLC, which is based in ...

MORE than 15 years ago, Baroness Warsi, then co-chair of the Conservative Party, warned that Islamophobia had passed the “dinner-table test”: it had become acceptable in respectable settings, voiced ...

A SURGE in numbers of adults in the United States who have joined the Roman Catholic Church means that they now exceed Episcopalians. About four million people are represented in the analysis from the ...

SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL’s first Mudlark-in-Residence is the author Lara Maiklem. The appointment, announced last week, is what is “believed to be the UK’s only permanent mudlarking role within a cultural ...

CARING for the environment is “an essential part of following Jesus”, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have said in a new teaching document. Hope for All Creation: A theological response to the ...

The Church Times South West The verger team is at the heart of the Cathedral’s operational and liturgical life. The team is responsible for supporting the Dean, Residentiary Canons and other clergy to ...

THE term “Christian nationalism” should never be used when teaching the faithful or speaking on behalf of the Church, the College of Bishops has been advised by Canon Luke Bretherton, Regius Professor ...