A LEGISLATIVE amendment banning the publication of election material containing a picture of a religious building that “suggests a close connection” between the candidate and the building — or the ...

THE consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be Suffragan Bishop of Warwick, in the diocese of Coventry, which was previously scheduled for 6 November, has been postponed after complaints. A statement from ...

New guidance warns that well-intentioned practices can become harmful when human judgement is mistaken for the voice of God ...

Isaiah 35.3-6 or Acts 16.6-12a; Psalm 147.1-7; 2 Timothy 4.5-17; Luke 10.1-9 “EAT and drink whatever they provide,” Jesus says. Hospitality is a frequent topic in the Bible: here, the focus is on ...

BRITISH people who espouse Christian nationalist views are a “deeply anxious” group, and conversations with them should explore “what is it that bothers them so much about the state of Britain today”, ...

AROUND 300 affordable homes are to be built on land sold by the diocese of Leeds, it was announced last week. A statement issued by the developer, Breck Homes, said that the development at Lees Hall ...

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Southwell & Nottingham has refused to grant the vicar and churchwardens of St Mary’s, Radcliffe-on-Trent, a faculty for the purchase and storage of a “portable ...

A NEW office of religious affairs is being set up by the US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, to which all chaplains in the US military must report. The creation of the new office was announced in a ...

REAL progress in the life of the Church requires both a strategic overview and local knowledge. Those of us who make decisions on the big picture of resource allocation need to attend to the ...

THE last of my previous articles in this series (Theology Matters, 25 September) built on the unexpected claim that the burial of Christ — and its clause in the Creeds — is full of the Good News.