THE “prophetically uncomfortable” voices of young people must become a strong part of the General Synod’s future deliberations, members agreed on Thursday. Before being carried, the motion to commit ...

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CHRISTIAN campaigners are planning a series of prayer vigils to urge cathedrals to move their business to banks that don’t invest in fossil fuels. Several have recently committed themselves to such a ...

THE person nominated to be the next Bishop of Durham has withdrawn from the process, it was announced on Monday. It has not been publicly revealed who the nominee was, or why they declined to take up ...

THE General Synod stopped short of transferring all safeguarding functions to an external organisation, at least in the short term, after a charged debate on Tuesday. After hours of discussion, all ...

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THE behaviour of the House of Bishops had made her “furious”, the Bishop-designate of Aston, Canon Esther Prior, told the General Synod on Thursday, in a condemnation of its lack of consultation over ...

THE new Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) received final approval from the General Synod on Wednesday afternoon to replace the much-criticised Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM). The Measure passed ...

A CLERGY colleague was, at one point in his ministry, responsible for three churches. The third church was the smallest — just a few people hanging on at Sunday services — and the parishioners often ...

RIPON CATHEDRAL CHAPTER has withdrawn its planning application for a proposed annexe that would have included lavatories, a refectory, a song school, and storage. It was estimated to have the ...

THE six Central Members of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) — those elected by General Synod — are “unanimous in their disquiet” over how proposals on changes to Standing Orders, to be debated ...

IN THE story of Christ’s presentation in the Temple, the words that always catch my breath are Simeon’s to Mary: “And a sword will pierce your own soul, too.” At Candlemas this year, a preacher ...