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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRANDPARENTS separated by distance from their families, juggling caring responsibilities for both grandchildren and ageing parents, or wondering how to pass on faith when their own children have left ...

COULD anyone have rescued the Church of England? I have been arguing with another journalist who seems to believe that the collapse of the past 30 years was due to poor leadership; but this is like ...