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22 Cathedrals benefit from First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund

Church of England welcomes announcement of first phase of grants

10 July 2014

England: Archbishop Welby commissions new Bishop to the Forces

Archbishop Justin Welby today commissioned and licensed Bishop Nigel Stock as the new Bishop to HM Forces and Bishop for the Falkland Islands.

09 July 2014

Church leaders unite, demand full inquiry into child sex abuse

Church leaders today piled unprecedented pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron for a full public inquiry into institutional child sex abuse in Britain.

09 July 2014

Anglicans, Episcopalians from five continents on WCC’s governing body

Fifteen Anglicans and Episcopalians from countries including Burundi, Japan and Melanesia are in Geneva for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee.

03 July 2014

England: Methodists step up to the challenge of the Covenant

The Methodist Church has made a commitment to taking a major step forward in its relationship with the Church of England.

01 July 2014

Leading CofE academic in fatal car accident

A leading academic and fast-rising young theologian in the Church of England has died tragically in a fatal car accident.

01 July 2014

Threatened by climate change, Kiribati buys land in Fiji from CofE

The Church of England has sold land in Fiji to to the people of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean who are facing displacement because of climate change. 

01 July 2014

Archbishop Welby on the first black Anglican bishop

Archbishop Justin Welby preached at Canterbury Cathedral during a service of 'thanksgiving and repentance' for the first black Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who was consecrated 150 years ago.

30 June 2014

England: 1,000 #newrevs "gift to both Church and nation"

The Church of England will be ordaining nearly 1000 men and women this summer to minister in churches across the country.

27 June 2014

Abp Welby's lecture on the future of banking standards

Archbishop Justin Welby delivered a lecture on 'The future of banking standards and ethics' at New City Agenda, House of Lords, Westminster.

27 June 2014