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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Church of England shares draft guidelines for weddings, funerals and baptisms
05/06/2020
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.
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Church of England takes Sunday worship into people’s homes in response to coronavirus
21/03/2020
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.
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Church of England to broadcast national online service to mark Remembrance Sunday
06/11/2020
The Church of England will broadcast a special online service for the nation on Remembrance Sunday.
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Church of England to close all church buildings to help prevent spread of coronavirus
24/03/2020
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.
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Church of England to detail Net-Zero bid at first online General Synod
06/11/2020
The Church of England has clarified the scope and definition of net-zero following General Synod’s pledge to achieve net-zero by 2030.
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Church of England to play leading role in major international project to strengthen Freedom of Religion or Belief
09/12/2020
The Church of England is set to take a leading role in a Government-funded project to help parliamentarians and faith leaders across the world identify and challenge barriers to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).
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Church of England updates advice on coronavirus
10/03/2020
Clergy are being advised not to share the chalice and to encourage worshippers not to shake hands during the ‘Sign of the Peace’ in services, as part of updated guidance on coronavirus issued by the Church of England.
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Church of England's Anti-Racism Taskforce launches
13/10/2020
A Taskforce set up to make bold changes to ensure greater racial equality in the Church of England has got under way, with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York joining its meeting today.
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Church Times letter - Christ Church, Oxford
26/06/2020
In response to your article ‘CofE is ‘being used’ in campaign against Dean of Christ Church’ I would like to point out that the National Safeguarding Team has no view about, and is not involved in, the wider issues relating to the College and the Dean.
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Church updates guidance on weddings and baptisms in light of coronavirus
19/03/2020
Guidance on weddings and baptisms during the current period of restrictions on public gatherings to combat coronavirus has been updated by the Church of England.
3 min read