This Christmas should be a time for sharing, togetherness, faith and hope in the wake of the hardships of the last two years, according to voices in this year’s Church of England Christmas advert.

NEWS / Always being there to support their children when needed tops the list of important things that the British public say their mothers have done for them, new research has found.
 

The Archbishop of Canterbury will call for “a resurrection of our common life,” during his Easter Sunday sermon.

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for Church of England churches to put public worship on hold and become a “different sort of church”.

NEWS / The Church Commissioners for England and a leading coalition of investors participating in Climate Action 100+ today welcomed a position statement issued by Glencore significantly strengthening its commitment to combat climate change.

Hundreds of churches have already signed up to a week-long ‘nature count’ occurring this summer, which will encourage people to visit churchyards and record what they see.

We look forward to the time when we are able to gather again in our church buildings. We are examining what steps we will need to take to do so safely.

NEWS / Christians should take the opportunity to press General Election candidates on what they will do to support refugees, the Bishop of Durham has said.

NEWS / Synod voted today to take note of the report: Guidelines for the Professional Conduct of the Clergy. These are not a legal code but a set of draft guidelines, commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, describing what is desirable in the professional conduct of clergy.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to the Archbishop of York in General Synod earlier today at what would have been his final Synod.