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Church of England statement on food waste

Church of England statement on food waste

“Today’s news that half of the world's food ends up being thrown away is a wake up call for us all. The Church of England, through its Shrinking the Footprint campaign, is committed to working on issues of food waste.

10 January 2013

Archbishop of York Gives Support to Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Unit

Archbishop of York Gives Support to Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Unit

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, today visited NHS staff and patients at the Children’s Heart Surgery Unit, Leeds General Infirmary.

09 January 2013

Church rejoicing over Christmas Twitter campaign

Church rejoicing over Christmas Twitter campaign

The Church of England today released figures for its Christmas Twitter campaign #ChristmasStartsWithChrist.

08 January 2013

Bishop of Exeter to retire this year

Bishop of Exeter to retire this year

The Rt Revd Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter, announced today (Sunday 6 January) that he will retire this year.

08 January 2013

Archbishop Launches City of York's Response to End Rough Sleeping

Archbishop Launches City of York's Response to End Rough Sleeping

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu this morning launched the city’s response to the government initiative to ‘End Rough Sleeping: No Second Night Out’ at the Salvation Army, Gillygate, York.

07 January 2013

"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013

"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013

In France, where I lived for the last six years, there's a tradition of the formal sharing of New Year’s greetings – everyone does it, from the president down to the humblest local mayor.

07 January 2013

Come and take some musical "French leave"

Come and take some musical "French leave"

Dr Amanda Haste from RSCM France tells us members are working to fulfil the aim of the Royal School of Church Music in promoting music in worship.

07 January 2013

Gay celibate clergy in England can become bishops

Gay celibate clergy in England can become bishops

The Church of England has today issued a statement confirming that gay priests can be appointed bishops as long as they live in accordance with the teaching of the Church on human sexuality.

04 January 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury's BBC Radio 2 'Pause for Thought' message

Archbishop of Canterbury's BBC Radio 2 'Pause for Thought' message

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought programme about the positive effects that social media can offer to small initiatives by bringing them to a larger audience

18 December 2012

Christmas cheer for cathedrals: Nearly a million pounds offered in cathedral funding

Christmas cheer for cathedrals: Nearly a million pounds offered in cathedral funding

This week will be one of the busiest of the year for Church of England cathedrals as they prepare to welcome more than 100,000 people to their Christmas services.

17 December 2012