“They would rather die of COVID-19 than hunger.” 

This distressing plea for help, delivered by Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo in Khartoum, Sudan has led the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt. Revd Nicholas Holtam to launch an Emergency Appeal. The target is to raise £50,000 in 30 days. 

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Diocese of Portsmouth relaunches its appeal to find hosts for refugees; and speaks to two Ukrainian mothers who share their moving accounts.

Bishops of the Church of England have each been provided a tree by Forestry England which will form part of The Queen's Green Canopy.

'Our hope is that others will catch this vision and be willing to share our mission – to provide homes and build communities where people love to live'

Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Church of England's Bishop for Housing, looks back on a year since the publication of Coming Home, the report of the Archbishops' Commission on Housing Church and Community.

 

COMMENT / Revd Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer speaks about new guidance to Church schools on tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullyin

The Church is embracing the 'unique opportunity' to learn and reflect despite differences, through Living in Love and Faith (LLF).

A Cathedral choir has recorded a fundraising anthem for Ukrainian children, to be released on Mothering Sunday.

 

Churches across England have been combining prayer for Ukraine with practical help for refugees and others suffering because of the Russian invasion.

A group of churches on Dartmoor is welcoming an increasing number of people over the summer after installing interactive prayer ‘trails’ in churchyards.

A music producer-turned-priest is using dance music to connect with people, spread the Christian message and attract the younger generations into church.