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 ...

As Church of England leaders meet in a contentious synod over whether to bless same-sex unions, tensions escalated when a diocese reported a lay synod member to police for “hate speech.” The Diocese ...

A member of the Church of England's general synod claims his bishop reported him to the police for tweets in opposition to "queer theory" and the sexualization of children. Sam Margrave, 40, of ...

The General Synod of the Church of England voted Thursday in favor of offering prayers for God's blessing on same-sex couples following two days of extensive debate. The three houses of the Synod, ...

LONDON (RNS) — This coming week promises to be one of the most historic — and controversial — in the life of the Church of England, as its governing body, General Synod, heads toward a resolution of a ...

The Church of England’s governing body has voted to bless same-sex couples while leaving unchanged the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman in a move that could nonetheless have global ...

Bullivant, who is also director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society at St. Mary’s, identified two 'big waves' as major factors in pushing Anglican clergy to convert.

Dedicated ceremonies in which same-sex couples receive a priest’s blessing must not to look like “a wedding is taking place” ...

The Church of England is not moving fast enough to implement promised safeguarding improvements, the Charity Commission has ...

With many hoping to smash the stained-glass ceiling, the Church of England voted over allowing women to serve as bishops on Nov.20. But the ceiling remains intact, as the vote failed to pass and the ...

LONDON — The Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special prayers of ...