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16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence is a global campaign to inspire people to learn, reflect and take action to end gender-based violence and all forms of abuse.
NEWS / The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Stephen Platten, today encouraged Church of England parishes to join with others this weekend in praying for peace in Syria and to look at practical ways of supporting the humanitarian relief effort.
NEWS / The Church of England has published prayers for Syria as UN peace talks resume in Geneva today and ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Syrian conflict on March 15.
The Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, has told General Synod that “human dignity and flourishing is diminished” when religious believers and atheists are persecuted.
The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020.
Many people today join groups which are often called 'sects' or 'cults'. However, most people who study such religions and spiritualities call them 'new religious movements' or 'minority' religions.
The Religious life is way of living the Christian life. It is not something exotic but a call to prayer and service. Those committing to the Religious life take vows and make promises to God. Such vows can take different forms and are the mark of monks.
Christianity in Iraq is going through one of the worst and hardest stages of its long history, the Archbishop of the Chaldean Diocese of Erbil, Iraq, has told the General Synod.
Information about religious education, Understanding Christianity and Collective Worship in Church of England schools.
NEWS / The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, has today published three prayers highlighting the worsening situation in Iraq where Christians and Muslims are being killed by ISIS forces.