Coronavirus related articles

The House of Bishops today discussed a range of issues around Coronavirus (COVID-19) and approved further advice on funerals, the celebration of Holy Communion and ordinations. 

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have invited the nation to join them in prayer for the second national lockdown in England.

The Church of England and Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) to await updated guidance on singing in places of worship after findings of a Government-backed study published.

The Church of England attracted its largest ‘congregation’ ever yesterday, in spite of the suspension of public worship in its churches to stem the spread of coronavirus.

The House of Bishops COVID-19 recovery group has shared draft guidelines for when funerals, weddings, baptisms and individual private prayer can recommence in church buildings.

The Church of England is preparing to take the church into people’s homes – through TV screens, laptops, computers and mobile phones – ahead of the first Sunday without public worship.

All Church of England churches are to close with immediate effect in an effort to help save lives by limiting the transmission of the coronavirus COVID-19.

Prayer days, outdoor services and light displays will take place from this weekend in churches and cathedrals as part of an effort to reach tens of thousands of people coping with bereavement amid the coronavirus pandemic with a message of comfort and hope.

A comment from the Bishop of London following the Prime Minister’s statement to Parliament

The Archbishops are issuing a call to the nation to pause and reflect to remember the more than 100,000 people across the UK who have died after contracting Covid-19 and all those who know and love them.