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Symposium considers Nairobi-Cairo proposals for reform of Anglican Communion
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (1005+ words) Tuesday 16 June 2026 Dr Charlie Baczyk-Bell expresses "dismay" at lack of debate about possible changes Members of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order in Kuala Lumpur, in December 2024 CONCERN that the Nairobi-Cairo proposals for reform of the Anglican…...
Analysis: Migration changes religious climate
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (630+ words) Friday 12 June 2026 John Griffiths'takes a look at the data and considers what the implications are for Churches WHEN I learned that Mapping Migration, 4th Edition was available on the World Council of Churches" website (and soon in print), I felt some…...
Church of England's definition of safeguarding could be broadened
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (861+ words) Thursday 11 June 2026 SAFEGUARDING in the Church of England could be broadened to include anyone harmed or at risk of harm in a church context, after the C of E's National Safeguarding Team (NST) launched a consultation. The fresh approach is…...
Pope urges Spanish citizens to rediscover their Christian faith
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (532+ words) Wednesday 10 June 2026 Millions turn out'for papal'visit to the traditionally Roman Catholic country Crowds pack the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona to capacity as they await Pope Leo XIV's arrival on Tuesday THE Pope has urged Spanish citizens to rediscover their Christian…...
Potentially harmful AI risks "fundamental breakdown in trust across society" Archbishop of Canterbury warns
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1379+ words) Friday 05 June 2026 "It's not that we will believe anything, it is that we will believe nothing' The Archbishop of Canterbury, in the House of Lords on Friday, raises "urgent new questions' about AI THE Archbishop of Canterbury has raised a…...
Analysis: Pope Leo's clear-eyed view of the future
1+ week, 4+ day ago (716+ words) Friday 05 June 2026 His encyclical identifies what is at stake for the world, writes Samuel Tranter The Pope is shown a robot during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square, the day before the publication of Magnifica Humanitas I WENT…...
Book review: William Goode (1801-1868) by Crawford M. Stevener; Ryle on the Christian Life by Andrew Atherstone
1+ week, 4+ day ago (289+ words) Friday 05 June 2026 Michael Wheeler on the merits, or otherwise, of Protestant polemicists Fifty thousand copies of Goode's flawed tract were sold by 1898. So, in this instance, the most underrated Evangelical of the 19th century emulated the sales figures of one of…...
Book review: Monastic Desires by Derek Krueger
1+ week, 4+ day ago (363+ words) Friday 05 June 2026 Adrian Thatcher looks at monks who knew they liked other monks A short coda finds in Symeon an "alternative erotics. This was not passionlessness or apatheia, but an acknowledgment of queerness together with the practice of restraint. This…...
For the love of organs: Wake-up call to glorify God
1+ week, 4+ day ago (854+ words) Friday 05 June 2026 Our great church organs are feats of craftsmanship and engineering. Victoria Johnson considers the "king of instruments" and its contribution to worship The York organ had undergone a once-in-a-century refurbishment. The liturgy for the awakening of the instrument…...
Programme in Liverpool diocese seeks to reverse decline in the north-west
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1084+ words) Friday 29 May 2026 St Helens deanery, along with West Derby, was the first to embark on Fit for Mission The Interim Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Ruth Worsley, at the service designating St Helens Parish Church as a Minster, on…...