A prayer podcast has attracted more than a million downloads in just six months

Tens of thousands of people have rediscovered the ancient monastic cycle of daily prayer during the pandemic, with one new Church of England worship podcast accessed more than half a million times in just over three months.

A free service bringing the ancient monastic cycle of daily prayer to millions of modern listeners has broadcast its 1,000th episode. 

COMMENT / The Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport on Towards a Safer Church: resources for prayer and reflection in worship

NEWS / The Church of England has launched new worship and prayer resources to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.

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

Following a recent announcement that places of worship could reopen for individual private prayer from June 15, the Government has now revised the date in guidance just published to June 13.

NEWS / The Church of England has released a prayer for Euro 2016.

Christians across the UK and Ireland will be joining in prayer for Ukraine on Sunday April 3.

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, chair of the Church of England’s Recovery Group, has released a statement on individual prayer in churches.