Latest news, updates and commentary from the Church of England.
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Archbishops’ Presidential Address to Synod
16/11/2021
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have delivered a joint presidential address to the General Synod of the Church of England.
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Archbishop’s Young Leaders Award joins Church’s National Education Team
18/07/2022
An award for Young Leaders is set to take on a greater national focus
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Archives revealing Church of England’s links to historic transatlantic slavery to be displayed in new Lambeth Palace Library exhibition
10/01/2023
Enslavement: Voices from the Archives, opens to the public at Lambeth Palace Library, in central London, on 12 January 2023.
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Around 27,000 new worshippers through SDF supported projects, study estimates
08/11/2023
Statistics show an estimated 27,000 people became regular attenders at church services and gatherings supported by the Church of England’s Strategic Development Funding (SDF) programme.
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Assisted Dying Bill places hospices at risk
10/09/2015
NEWS / Hospices will be placed at risk if Parliament approves proposed legislation on assisted suicide, a senior figure in the hospice movement says today.
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Attack on Ukraine ‘an act of great evil’ - statement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York
24/02/2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell have condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine as “an act of great evil”.
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Autumn Budget 2017 – Church of England response
22/11/2017
The Bishop of Birmingham, Rt. Revd David Urquhart, Convenor of the Lords Spiritual responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement.
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Average person less than a mile away from a church service this Christmas
22/12/2017
NEWS / The average person in England is less than a mile away from a Christmas service at their local Church of England church this year.
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Awards scheme launched for science and faith projects
04/02/2016
NEWS / Churches across England are being invited to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to fund innovative projects fostering a better understanding between science and faith.
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Baker Martha Collison joins schoolchildren for Christmas star-glazing showdown
08/12/2018
The UK’s recent baking revolution is helping bring families together to share in the joy of Christmas, according the star baker Martha Collison as she backs the Church of England’s #FollowTheStar campaign.
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