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COMMENT / Throughout the year churches across the country open their doors to people of all ages, for services, weekday clubs and vital community projects.
COMMENT / The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, explains why he and other faith leaders are challenging the two-child limit on financial support for families, which came into effect a year ago .
A married couple, who are both priests, and who lost a child, have unveiled a "baby-loss memorial" in a parish churchyard.
FEATURE / Latest figures show a 22% increase in people selected to train for the priesthood over the last two years, with a 32% increase in young people.
A local church is to broadcast a carol service directly into cells across prisons in the UK to bring hope over the Christmas period.
COMMENT / The Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport on Towards a Safer Church: resources for prayer and reflection in worship
FEATURE / The Church of England’s digital communications team has trained more than 200 parishes in social media and writing for the web.
Isolation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has been pervasive for domestic abuse victims: for those self-isolating with someone who is harming them, it may seem that there is no way out.
Up to 250 households visit ‘food clubs’ each week opened at Church of England parishes in Wigan, providing low cost fresh and tinned goods to members.
Churches are hosting activities from curry nights to community barbecues as part of a summer holiday scheme that is expected to feed more than 1,000 children in one diocese alone.