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Television vicar to star in BBC series on the Camino

A new BBC TV series exploring pilgrimage will follow seven famous people as they embark on a 15-day pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago.

04 August 2017

Bishop says that the Church has forgotten the poor

An English bishop has accused priests of deserting the nation's poor and working class areas.

04 August 2017

Commemorations held to mark Great War centenaries

A number of events have taken place to mark the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

01 August 2017

Inquiries continue after C of E vicar found dead in Rectory

A vicar in the Church of England’s diocese of Guildford is believed to have killed himself after being suspended pending a police investigation.

31 July 2017

A Service of Lament and Thanksgiving for Grenfell Tower Victims

Family and friends gathered at a West London church on Thursday for a memorial service to remember the  victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster. A fire at the tower block in June left at least 80 people dead.

28 July 2017

Holiday offer from Mothers'' Union for families affected by London tower block blaze

As part of a united and co-ordinated response from members in dioceses across the United Kingdom, Mothers’ Union is planning to support families who were affected by the London tower block fire tragedy in June by offering holidays under the charity’s Away From It All (AFIA) scheme.

18 July 2017

First Church of England female bishop from a minority ethnic community

An Iranian whose family was forced to flee in the wake of the Iranian Revolution in 1980,  has been announced as the first Bishop of Loughborough.

12 July 2017

Growth in numbers opting to be pioneering missionaries

The Church Mission Society’s Pioneer Mission Leadership Training programme has experienced a further growth in numbers with an eclectic mix of missionaries graduating this week.

12 July 2017

Former Archbishop of Canterbury resigns from church role after historical abuse review

Lord Carey, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury for eleven years up until 2002, has stood down from his last formal role in the Church of England after being criticised in an independent review of the church's handling of sex abuse. 

27 June 2017

Church of England and Methodists to consider full communion

The Church of England and the Methodist Church in Britain are to consider proposals that would bring them into a new relationship of full communion, after a period of some 200 years of formal separation.

27 June 2017