Showing posts with label Church of England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church of England. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Inside the Church of England's 'Sex Cult' | The Story

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Aug 27, 2025 | Chris Brain, the leader of a Church of England ‘sex cult’ known s the Nine O'Clock Service, has been found guilty of 17 c...
Sunday, February 09, 2025

Church of England Refuses Call for Gluten-free Wafers and Non-alcoholic Wine

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THE GUARDIAN: Synod was asked to bring in alternatives for Eucharist, but says believers can still take part without consuming both It’s t...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Assisted Dying: The Church of England's Complicated History

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Nov 29, 2024 | Our religious affairs correspondent and science reporter, Kaya Burgess, takes us through the shocking history of suicide and ...
Thursday, January 13, 2022

The Guardian View on Same-sex Weddings in Church: The Zeitgeist Is Moving

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THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: The Church of England should follow the example of Anglicans in Wales and Scotland, and give its blessing to gay a...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

Church of England Should Recognise Same-sex Marriage, Says Bishop

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THE OBSERVER: Paul Bayes, bishop of Liverpool, pushes for ‘gender-neutral marriage canon’ and church ceremonies A senior bishop has said t...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Archbishop of Canterbury Urged to Act over Vatican Envoy Who Questioned Resurrection

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THE TELEGRAPH: A row has erupted within the Church of England as senior Anglicans are calling on the Archbishop of Canterbury to force his ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Church of England Considers Christmas-only Parishes

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THE TELEGRAPH: Radical plan to scrap Sunday services in some areas to cope with cost of maintaining historic buildings with dwindling congr...
Monday, June 01, 2015

Calls to Refer to God as a Woman as Female Bishops Take Up Posts

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Bishop Libby Lane at Chester Cathedral THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official li...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

C of E Crisis as It Loses 1.7m Followers - and Islam Gains 900,000: Former Archbishop Lord Carey warns: 'Church Is a Generation from Extinction'

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MAIL ON SUNDAY: Lord Carey called for urgent action to reverse slump in followers / Britons identifying themselves as C of E or Anglican ...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Heresy! Muslim Prayers in Church of England Parish

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Clergy accuse vicar of holding ‘illegal’ Islamic prayer service in landmark London church A Church of England vicar...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Church Launches Bitter Attack on PM's 'Incoherent' Middle East Policy

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THE OBSERVER: Bishop of Leeds slams failure over Islamist extremism in scathing letter backed by the archbishop of Canterbury The Churc...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Church of England General Synod Backs Women Bishops

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BBC: The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for first time in its history. The General Synod gave final approva...

Devil Vows Taken Out Of Christening Services as Church of England Aims to Widen Appeal

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THE INDEPENDENT: The devil is no longer in the detail of baptism vows All mention of the devil has been taken out of Christening services...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Church of England Bans Clergy from ‘Un-Christian’ BNP and National Front

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Bishops have formally declared the two groups to be "incompatible with the teaching of the Church of England" because of their ...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Islam Fastest-growing Religion in UK as Churches Decline

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While Christian Churches in the UK are struggling to draw people to worship, the Islamic community there is burgeoning. Some Muslim groups ...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Church of England Faces 'Crisis’ As Gay Priest Weds

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Church of England faces "crisis" as Canon Jeremy Pemberton, a priest from Lincoln, becomes the first to defy...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Gay Marriage: Bishop of Salisbury Gives Backing to Same-sex Weddings

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Bishop of Salisbury, Nick Holtam, issued a statement supporting gay marriage. THE GUARDIAN: Bishop Nick Holtam says gay marriage 'e...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Welby Tells Church to Accept Gay 'Marriage' or Be Seen as 'Akin to Racists'

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The Most Rev. Justin Welby THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Archishop of Canterbury insists it is not ‘wishy-washy’ to accommodate people with diff...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Churches Should Perform Gay Blessings, CofE Says

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: In a historic shift in thinking a panel of bishops recommend the Church of England allow special services which will...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Church of England Votes Overwhelmingly for Women Bishops

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A year to the day since the Church of England was thrown into crisis by the rejection of women bishops, its General ...