THE conclave to elect the next pope will begin on 7 May, the Vatican announced on Monday afternoon.

“Pope Francis was a shining witness of a Church that bends with tenderness towards those who are wounded and heals with the ...

A CELEBRATION of the Lord’s Prayer is the subject of a new short film to be released on 6 May as part of the Archbishop of ...

‘Dramatic growth’ in church attendance by young people, Bible Society research finds Jonathan Aitken reflects on the themes explored by Andrew Davison through the lens of his prison experience ...

Delivering a presidential address to General Synod in 2021, Archbishop Stephen Cottrell reaffirmed the goal of the Church of England’s national vision and strategy. It was a strategy for growth, he ...

CAREFUL consideration should be given to whether abolishing the seal of the confessional might lead to the reporting of fewer ...

THE House of Bishops has responded to last year’s review of the process by which the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Revd Philip ...

4 May, Acts 9.1-6 (7-20); Psalm 30; Revelation 5.11-end; John 21.1-19 ...

The human journey retains its troubles, but it has been charted, its route made safe. As Augustine of Hippo (354-420) put it, “By his humility, Christ has been made a road for us in time, that by his ...

A TEAM VICAR in the diocese of Canterbury will swap her cassock for running gear on Sunday when she enters the London Marathon to raise money for guide dogs. The priest, the Revd Melissa Carter, who ...

WITH the death of Pope Francis, the global Left has lost its most articulate and thoughtful spokesman. I still go back to Laudato si’ from time to time, for a coherent view of the ways in which the ...

ESTONIAN legislators have voted, by 60 to 13, to amend the Church and Congregations Act, making it mandatory for the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church, which has ties with Moscow, to cut them ...