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The events of the past weeks in response to the tragic death of George Floyd have brought into focus the question of monuments to individuals who have participated in systemic and targeted discrimination or exploitation based on race.
What does Good Friday commemorate? What happens in churches and cathedrals on Good Friday? Where does the name originate?
A married couple, who are both priests, and who lost a child, have unveiled a "baby-loss memorial" in a parish churchyard.
What does it commemorate? What does Maundy mean? Why do Christians wash feet? What is Maundy Money?
Why is Holy Saturday significant? How does the Church commemorate it? What is the Saturday before Easter Day called?
NEWS / Church Commissioners announce new Head of Public Equities
The House of Bishops met to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic over Zoom today.
Why do churchgoers carry palm crosses? Why will there be processions through towns and cities this Sunday? Why will donkeys be seen in churches and cathedrals this week?
Archbishops welcome publication of Future of Church Safeguarding Report
NEWS / The Church of England Pensions Board, together with investors with assets totalling nearly £50bn, has filed a shareholder resolution at Rio Tinto calling on the company to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies.