Press releases from 1 January - 31 December 2023.

Archbishop of Canterbury’s football team to host a ‘green’ football match as part of national campaign

For the first time, under historic plans outlined today, same-sex couples will be able to come to church to give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership and receive God’s blessing.

Call for a period of prayer leading up to the Coronation as book of Daily Prayers is shared

The report follows an interim announcement in June 2022, which reported for the first time, and with great dismay, that the Church Commissioners’ endowment had historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery*

The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has made a £1.1m investment in Charity Bank and will take a 3.6% stake in the bank.

Parishes across England and Wales can now register to participate in Churches Count on Nature, an annual scheme where people visit churchyards and record the plant and animal species they encounter. 

Prayers asking for God’s blessing on same-sex couples as they give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership published

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech in Living in Love and Faith debate at General Synod on Wednesday 8th February 2023.

Bishop of London Sarah Mullally addresses the General Synod with a summary speech on Living in Love and Faith.