3+ hour, 8+ min ago  (644+ words) The July 10-14 meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod was dominated by two very different and yet equally contentious debates. One focused on a controversial theological statement by Palestinian Christians and the other on an attempt to force the…...

4+ day, 30+ min ago  (964+ words) The Anglican Journal, the 151-year-old official newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada’s will drop its journalistic commitments and focus on church communications, ensuring that its writing “unequivocally supports the mission of the church.” The move follows a series of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1004+ words) The Living Church Migration and The Life of the Church Please email comments to email protected. In recent years there has been a flood of writing and discussion around the theology of migration. It has occupied ecumenical discussions and academic…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (299+ words) The archbishop gave a short and gracious speech, making humorous references to the England soccer team’s first match in the World Cup tournament that night, and offered appreciative words to the press corps for their work. It was natural, human,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (184+ words) “We cannot simply vote trust into existence, nor can we create hope through anxiety, fear or urgency. The temptation for any family under pressure is to seek immediate solutions. Yet the Church has always known that some questions cannot be…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1250+ words) A Hollywood advertising professional and comic turned Episcopal nun and social media sensation, Sister Monica Clare of the Community of St. John Baptist (CSJB) in the Diocese of Newark was ordained to the priesthood on June 20. Asked by The Living…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (758+ words) We live in a state of constant change, characterized by extreme individualism and loss of community, place, tradition, grounding, and coherence. Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman and others have described our modern culture as “liquid modernity.” Paul Kingsnorth has taken up the…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago  (355+ words) On July 1, I will become the 15th Dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. I will be the first woman to hold this office. I am part of a broader moment in the church when longstanding barriers are being redefined. On…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (208+ words) At the start of June 2026, Covenant hosted a series of essays engaging the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Pope Leo’s new encyclical, Magnifica humanitas. The essays echo some of the pope’s concerns, consider the larger issues of anthropology, vocation,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (320+ words) Episode 175 • 18th June 2026 • The Living Church In today’s newsdesk roundup, Editor Mark Michael, Executive Director Matthew Olver, and podcast host Amber Noel provide coverage and commentary for three top news stories affecting the Anglican world. Story number one: Magnifica Humanitas. Pope…...