Press releases from January 1st 2020 - December 31st 2020. If you are looking for a press release prior to 2013, please contact the communications team.
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Archbishops call for Church of England to become radically different as public worship put on hold to help stem spread of coronavirus
17/03/2020
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for Church of England churches to put public worship on hold and become a “different sort of church”.
4 min read 
Archbishops join interfaith call to PM to allow public worship
03/11/2020
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, together with the Bishop of London, have joined national faith leaders in calling on the Government to permit public worship during the forthcoming lockdown in England.
1 min read
BBC2 documentary on Peter Ball
07/01/2020
The BBC has confirmed it is screening a documentary on the Peter Ball case.
1 min read
Bishop calls for targeted sanctions to defend freedom of religion or belief in plea for action to protect Uighurs
30/07/2020
A new system of targeted sanctions could be used against the perpetrators of “gross human rights abuses” on the Uighur people in China, a bishop has told the House of Lords.
2 min read
Bishop for Prisons and Deputy Chaplain-General welcomed by Church of England and Church in Wales
10/12/2020
The Bishop for Prisons and Deputy Chaplain General have been formally commissioned in a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
2 min read
Bishop of Bristol to take up national safeguarding role
29/07/2020
The Bishop of Bristol, Bishop Viv Faull has been appointed a deputy lead bishop for safeguarding, with a focus on liaison with diocesan bishops on behalf of the National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG) and with the wider Anglican Communion, and to speak on safeguarding in the House of Lords.
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Bishop of London and Chief Nursing Officer to take part in national online church service for Florence Nightingale anniversary
07/05/2020
The Bishop of London and the Chief Nursing Officer for England are to take part in a national online service this Sunday celebrating the work of nurses and healthcare workers and marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.
5 min read 
Bishop sets out to change inquest law to expose scale of gambling role in suicide
16/01/2020
The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has set out to change the law on inquests to help reveal the full extent of the link between gambling and suicide for the first time.
3 min read
Bishop Stephen Cottrell: safeguarding statements
29/06/2020
Statements from Bishop Stephen, Archbishop Justin and the National Safeguarding Team.
4 min read
Bishop welcomes announcement on resumption of public worship
23/11/2020
Places of worship will reopen for public worship from 2nd December
1 min read