Suffragan Bishop of Wigan and Interim Bishop of Liverpool
Press release from 10 Downing Street. The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Ruth Elizabeth Worsley, Suffragan Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, to the See of...
View ArticleChurch in Wales safeguarding news
1 Bangor Cathedral The Church Times and the BBC reported yesterday that the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Andy John, who is also the Bishop of Bangor, has ordered a visitation of Bangor Cathedral...
View ArticleWinchester Cathedral Review
A review of Winchester Cathedral identified “significant failings in leadership and management”, the Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, said today, when a summary of the review was...
View ArticleParliament debates Church of England safeguarding
An adjournment debate was held in the House of Commons on Monday evening, on Church of England Safeguarding. The full transcript of the debate is available here. A video recording of the entire day...
View ArticleOpinion – 8 March 2025
Georgia Ashwell Women and the Church The Theology of Taint and other misogyny in the Church of England Stephen Parsons Surviving Church George Carey and the Safeguarding CDM. Time for a Fresh Look?...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops meeting March 2025
The Church of England’s House of Bishops met yesterday and issued the following press release. House of Bishops meeting March 2025 11/03/2025 The House of Bishops met online on March 11, 2025. Bishops...
View ArticleOpinion – 12 March 2025
Charlie Bell ViaMedia.News On Being Conservative Jonathan Clatworthy The point of it all 1700 years of the Nicene Creed: why? Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections At Home: Ash Cross The post...
View ArticleOpinion – 15 March 2025
Fergus Butler-Gallie Engelsberg Ideas Nicaea: the council that shaped the West Church Times Lent faith series: Upending Church and family Neil MacGregor begins a series of uncomfortable images for Lent...
View ArticleCEEC hosts alternative Holy Week services
CEEC HOSTS SERVICES FOR CLERGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHRISM MASS SERVICES IN DIOCESES The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) is inviting clergy to attend an ‘Affirmation of Ordination Vows’...
View ArticleSuffragan Bishop of Wakefield
Press release from 10 Downing Street. The Leeds diocesan website has more information here, and the Sheffield website has a “farewell message” from the bishop-designate. Appointment of Suffragan Bishop...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops: Minutes of January meeting
The minutes of the 20 January 2025 meeting of the House of Bishops have now been published. This is in line with the earlier announcement. At the time of the January meeting, this press release was...
View ArticleCanterbury CNC Update
The full membership of the Crown Nominations Commission for Canterbury is still not known, but it has been announced that the Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, has been elected by the House of Bishops...
View ArticleOpinion – 22 March 2025
Ian Paul Psephizo Is Church of England ministry sustainable? Andrew Goddard Psephizo Is there progress on the appointment of a new Archbishop? John Smith Psephizo The Hidden Limits of Class in the...
View ArticleBishop of Leeds to retire
The Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, has announced that he will retire on 30 November 2025. Further details are on the Leeds diocesan website: Bishop Nick announces his retirement with thanks to...
View ArticleOpinion – 29 March 2025
Jo Winn-Smith OneBodyOneFaith Lent Andrew Goddard Psephizo What is going wrong with the Canterbury appointment process? Tim Wyatt The Critical Friend Beyond reproach “The torturously complicated...
View ArticleOpinion – 2 April 2025
Helen King ViaMedia.News Share and Share Alike? Living in Love and Faith and Funding the Church of England Rachel Starr ViaMedia.News Behold the Men: Identifying Risks, Reconsidering Relationships Mark...
View ArticleBishop of Warrington
The Bishop of St Asaph, the Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, will commission the Bishop of Warrington, the Rt Revd Beverley Mason, as an Honorary Assistant Bishop. This will take place at the Chrism Mass in St...
View ArticleOpinion – 5 April 2025
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Trusting our epiphany experiences Abigail King Church Times Growing up in a vicarage stays with you Bosco Peters Liturgy Passion, Palms, Passover, and other Problems The...
View ArticleWelby interview
As readers probably already know Justin Welby was interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on 30 March. You can listen to the interview here, and watch it here. There has been much reporting and...
View ArticleSafeguarding: David Tudor review commissioned
Church of England press releaseSafeguarding Practice Review commissioned: David Tudor01/04/2025 A Safeguarding Practice Review (SPR) has been jointly commissioned by the National Safeguarding Team and...
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