THE synod (majma) of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, which gathered in Amman last week, said on Sunday that its communities were facing “an existential crisis” that demanded the urgent attention ...

GUIDANCE from the Church of England on engagement with Israel/Palestine should enable churches to create communities “where compassion isn’t selective, where difficult conversations are possible, and ...

BENDREY. The Revd Iain Bendrey, Assistant Chaplain of St George and St Paul, Lisbon (Europe): 31 December. CAWRSE. The Revd Christopher Cawrse, Vicar of Holy Cross, St Jude and St Peter, St Pancras, ...

SPY; novelist; journalist; thrill-seeker who sought escape in extramarital affairs, heavy drinking, and drug dependency; self-styled “Catholic agnostic”, who initially became a Roman Catholic in order ...

The Revd Dr Alan Munden writes: ONE of the last generation of Puritan clergy in the Church of England, the Revd Geoffrey Sidney Randel Cox (who died on 19 August, aged 93), knew well the influential ...

THE Archbishop of Canterbury should apologise to the Muslim scholar whose interfaith award was withdrawn by Lambeth Palace last week, the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, Dr Azad Marshall, has ...

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has called the next Primates’ Meeting, to be hosted from 28 February to 5 March 2027 in Johannesburg by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The last was held in Rome ...

Education: Is AI a threat or an opportunity for young people? Artificial intelligence is an increasing given in education. Huw Spanner consults on the advantages and challenges for today’s students ...

Advent is a season that demands our attention, calling to us in imperatives: watch, wait, prepare, listen! The old words “hark” and “hearken” found in our Advent hymns refer to a particular quality of ...

THE Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, has resigned, Church House, Westminster, announced on Monday, after his suspension from ministry in February. The see will become vacant on 1 October ...

Proper 21: Ezekiel 18.1-4,25-32; Psalm 25.1-8; Philippians 2.1-13; Matthew 21.23-32 THE first part of this Gospel is a confrontation. The second part is a parable reflecting on the meaning of that ...

LAMBETH PALACE said on Thursday that it had withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week (News,18 September). Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi ...