Authority over death belongs to God only, the Church of England’s parliament has been told as its current highest-ranking ...

An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

THE head of Sir Thomas More, the Catholic martyr and former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, could soon be dug up, five centuries after it was boiled and placed on a pike. St Dunstan’s Church in ...

The Anglican Communion is attempting to prevent internal divisions over ordination of women and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ ...

In his presidential address, he also points to changes on the agenda, including a new debate on assisted dying ...

The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.

Synod began on Friday afternoon and alongside the usual scuffles over spending, sexuality and safeguarding, which will be covered in future blogs, there were a few encounters that made it feel a ...

When Pope Francis died in April leaving the Catholic Church leaderless, it entered a state the Church of England had already ...

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod arrived in York yesterday for five days of deliberation and discussion. Before the debate returned to questions of spending, sexuality or safeguarding, ...

Three consecutive women bishops is thought to be a first for the Church of England. The Bishop of Blackburn says action is being "immediately" taken due to "critical vulnerabilities". Clergy say they ...

Dioceses are also to receive more funds with the aim of easing financial stress and providing breathing space “as they pursue ...