A LEGISLATIVE amendment banning the publication of election material containing a picture of a religious building that “suggests a close connection” between the candidate and the building — or the ...

The Festival of Faith and Literature returns to Winchester in February 2027. The programme is filled with engaging speakers, including Sir Ben Okri, Pippa White, Malcolm Guite, Sir Anthony Seldon and ...

LAMBETH PALACE said on Thursday that it had withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week (News,18 September). Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi ...

THE death of the Manchester schoolgirl Lizzie Lowe was what prompted the Revd John Bell, a hymnwriter and speaker, and member of the Iona Community, to be open about his sexuality, he told a large ...

BISHOPS of the US state of Tennessee have appealed for “restraint, human dignity, and mercy” in the case of the botched execution of Christa Pike, who is on life support in hospital. Pike, 50, ...

THE General Synod elections are now under way; so candidates’ statements are being analysed to determine their positions on issues likely to arise in the next quinquennium. A full list of candidates ...

THE new President of the Methodist Conference is the Revd Sonia Hicks. She became the first black woman to hold the post when she was inducted during the annual Conference at the National Conference ...

THE consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be Suffragan Bishop of Warwick, in the diocese of Coventry, which was previously scheduled for 6 November, has been postponed after complaints. A statement from ...

PETER HITCHENS, an Anglican conservative commentator and columnist for the Mail titles, has spoken about how he came, on the basis of his reading of scripture, to appreciate the ordination of women.

MEMBERS of the Redress Scheme’s survivor advisory group have raised concerns about the scheme in a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the letter published on Tuesday, the members say that they ...

BRITISH people who espouse Christian nationalist views are a “deeply anxious” group, and conversations with them should explore “what is it that bothers them so much about the state of Britain today”, ...

THE book-lined room filling the background of my video call with the writer and storyteller Dr Martin Shaw comes as a surprise. It seems more likely that the author will appear inside one of the ...