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23/06/2022

General Synod meets at York next month with debates from Ukraine war to online safety

The war in Ukraine, climate change, online safety and the Church of England’s plans to increase its spending on mission and ministry are among a series of issues to be debated by the General Synod…

2 min read

Synod

21/06/2022

Church Commissioners for England marks its portfolio’s positive Impact

The Church Commissioners for England, a leading responsible investor with £10.1bn assets under management and signatory to the UK Stewardship Code, announces advances made in impact investing as part…

3 min read

Solar panels on the roof of St John's Waterloo

23/06/2022

Synod to consider plans for net zero carbon Church by 2030

Plans to help the Church of England’s 16,000 local churches and 4,500 schools reach carbon net zero by the end of the decade will be considered by General Synod.

2 min read

Eco church
Environment
Synod

16/06/2022

Church Commissioners’ research identifies historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery 

The Church Commissioners for England has learned from research it commissioned that Queen Anne’s Bounty, a predecessor fund of the Church Commissioners’ £10.1 billion endowment, had links with…

3 min read

The Houses of Parliament from across the River Thames.

Shane Rounce

14/06/2022

Bishops' letter to The Times on the Rwanda asylum policy

'Whether or not the first deportation flight leaves Britain today for Rwanda, this policy should shame us as a nation', say the bishops in the House of Lords.

3 min read

Policy
Politics

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