4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1111+ words) I am old enough to remember the days when there was a choice between three television channels, BBC 1, BBC 2 and the local ITV company (which in my case was the late lamented Southern Television) and when if you wanted to…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (422+ words) While south Pembrokeshire is largely English-speaking, the north of the county has developed its own distinctive dialect of Welsh. Rev Lyn Lewis Dafis, a local vicar with a deep interest in languages, translated the four Gospels into this dialect in…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (574+ words) The CEO of the Centre for Government Reform has denounced the Church of England’s “Project Spire” reparations plan as a “foolhardy” crusade that “risks politicising and disunifying the church”. Ameer Kotecha, who previously served as a diplomat for the British…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (501+ words) Organised by the Society of St Francis, the pilgrimage began in Alnmouth, Northumberland, on July 17 and is making its way through towns and cities across northern England before concluding in London. The route includes stops in Manchester, York, Newcastle, Leeds,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (957+ words) Conservative MP Nick Timothy says the £100m the Church of England plans to spend on slavery reparations should be going on church building repairs. But how about spending the money on frontline parish vicars? The MP for West Suffolk this week…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (514+ words) Catholic bishops in Iraq are due to meet next month to consider a government proposal aimed at encouraging the country’s Christian population to return. Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Christian population stood at around 1.5 million people....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1213+ words) Conservative MP Nick Timothy has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury urging her to "reconsider" the Church of England’s controversial £100m fund set up to address historic links to slavery. In his letter to Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the West Suffolk MP…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (716+ words) Archbishop Sarah Mullally reaffirmed her commitment to the scheme - named Project Spire - during a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, where enslaved Africans were imprisoned before being transported across the Atlantic. During her visit, she prayed “in lament for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (916+ words) The organisation’s ‘Faith in Action’ report, based on a survey of 611 Christians aged 18 to 34 conducted earlier this year, paints a picture of a generation deeply involved in church life while confidently engaging with the wider culture and speaking about their…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (682+ words) Attendance at Church of England cathedrals rose for the fifth year in a row in 2025, with Sunday services enjoying particularly strong growth among adults. Latest figures show that 32,600 people attended cathedral services in an average week, including Evensong, Morning and…...