LONDON (RNS) — The vote follows the House of Bishops’ agreement last month to commend ‘Prayers of Love and Faith,’ a collection of prayers and readings for use in existing services. The bishops also ...

The Church of England's House of Bishops has postponed a final decision on the Living in Love and Faith process as it ...

The Church of England’s General Synod will meet in London from 9 to 13 February 2026. The outline of its business is online here, and is copied below the fold. Full details of each item will be on the ...

This meeting followed their previous one in October, where bishops acknowledged the theological and lawful impediments to ...

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LONDON (RNS) — Besides needing to pick a new leader, the Church of England has an urgent need to show in short order that it can respond to abuse. LONDON (RNS) — The Church of England and the wider ...

More than a year since the last Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was forced to quit over safeguarding failings relating to the John Smyth abuse scandal, Bishop Sarah is being urged to consider ...

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Church of England on Tuesday will take the first step towards overhauling its safeguarding system to make it independent of the religious institution, seeking to restore ...

It took Julie Macfarlane, now a retired professor of law at the University of Windsor, four decades to come forward about the ...

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...