Conversations: Martin Poole – actor, marketing consultant, priest and author of ‘Church Beyond Walls’
ANGELA YOUNGMAN speaks with Martin Poole, founder of art and spirituality initiative ‘Beyond’ in the seaside UK town of Brighton…
Church of England celebrates ‘Stained Glass Summer’
Updated: 9:30am, 2nd August, 2021Norwich, UK Vivid, vibrant and colourful – stained glass windows have been used since medieval times to illustrate Bible stories in churches and cathedrals around the UK. Now they are attracting the attention of today’s social media savvy generations. A summer campaign – Stained Glass Summer, launched by the Church of […]
Church of England to draft pastoral guidance on same-sex couple blessings
London, UKReuters The Church of England will work towards drafting new pastoral guidance and other material needed to allow same-sex couples to receive blessings from priests over the next few months, it said on Saturday. The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, speaks during the Service of Prayer and Reflection at St Paul’s Cathedral, following the […]
UK churches launch new initiative to welcome Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
Norwich, UK A new initiative aimed at breaking down centuries of prejudice and fully welcoming Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities into the life of the church has been launched in the UK. James Newsome, the Bishop of Carlisle, and Stephen Cotterell, Archbishop of York, launching the GRT Friendly Churches Initiative. PICTURE: Courtesy of the Archbishop of York […]
Divided Church of England to debate blessings for same-sex unions
London, UKReuters The Church of England’s governing body will deliberate on how priests could carry out blessings for same-sex couples when it gathers in the cathedral city of York for a five-day meeting on Friday. The assembly of bishops, clergy and laity – called the General Synod – is also due to discuss on Saturday […]
Heavens above! Church of England clergy demand pay rise for first time in history
London, UKReuters Even the clergy are not immune from Britain’s cost-of-living crisis, which has now forced Church of England vicars to make a formal pay claim for the first time in their nearly 500-year history. The trade union Unite, which represents more than 2,000 clergy and lay officers in the Church of England, said on […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong
London, UKAP The head of the Church of England on Wednesday condemned a British government bill that would dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the U.K., calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby made a rare intervention in Parliament to oppose the legislation. He told the House of […]
Details revealed about King Charles III’s coronation service; Stone of Scone arrives in London
London, UKAP It will be a coronation of many faiths and many languages. King Charles III, keen to show that he can be a unifying figure for everyone in the United Kingdom, will be crowned in a ceremony that will for the first time include the active participation of faiths other than the Church of […]
A changed landscape: How King Charles III’s coronation will be unlike any seen in England
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, writes that Charles will be crowned in an England different from that of his mother, 70 years ago, and details of the ceremony will reflect the new landscape…
Conservative Anglican group says it has no confidence in church of England leader
Nairobi, KenyaReuters A conservative group of Anglican church leaders said on Friday that it no longer had confidence in the leader of the Church of England over his stance on same-sex unions. Earlier this year the CoE – where the Anglican tradition originated – set out proposals to allow priests to bless same-sex couples in […]