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House of Bishops Autumn Meeting

The Church of England’s House of Bishops met earlier this week, and the following press release has been issued. House of Bishops Autumn Meeting 23/10/2024 The House of Bishops met in person for its...

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Opinion – 26 October 2024

Nic Tall ViaMedia.News Smoke and Mirrors and the Alliance Colin Coward Unadulterated Love We are all implicated in the corporate, systemic, abusive, unhealthy, persistently homophobic culture of the...

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Justin Welby interview

The Archbishop of Canterbury was recently interviewed for The Rest is Politics podcast. The wide-ranging interview is also available on YouTube. The topics covered are listed below with links to where...

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Opinion – 2 November 2024

Theo Hobson The Spectator Justin Welby has made a huge shift on homosexuality Justin Welby’s homosexuality reforms could still backfire Miranda Threlfall-Holmes Modern Church (How) Can the Church...

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Bishop of Coventry

Press release from 10 Downing Street. See also this announcement on the Coventry diocesan website, and here on the Sheffield site. The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Sophie...

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Opinion – 6 November 2024

Anglican Futures Call My Bluff Jon Price Earth & Altar All Things Bright and Beautiful Jonathan Clatworthy The point of it all Sacrifices, meat and celebration The post Opinion – 6 November 2024...

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Review by Keith Makin into Church’s handling of Smyth case

This report, previously scheduled for publication on 13 November, has been published this afternoon. Press Release: Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case published (copied in full...

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Statement in response to Makin review

This statement is issued at 1615 on Thursday 7 November on behalf of a number of victims and survivors of John Smyth QC. It is a response to the publication by the Church of England of the Makin...

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Opinion – 9 November 2024

Andrew Graystone The Tablet Canterbury: who next? Philip Welsh Church Times Language matters when talking about vocation “The Church’s calling matters more than an individual’s sense of whether it is...

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Archbishop of Canterbury resigns

The following statement was released by the Lambeth Palace Press Office at 2pm today. Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury 12/11/2024 Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The...

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Dean of Winchester to retire

The Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Catherine Ogle, has announced that she will retire next year. The post Dean of Winchester to retire first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.

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Reactions to Canterbury resignation

Statements from bishops Archbishop of York Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Birmingham Bishops of Blackburn, Burnley and Lancaster Acting Bishop of Carlisle Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop of Chester...

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Opinion – 13 November 2024

Madeleine Davies Church Times ‘In church-going terms, we have failed’ “Are lessons from the mixed results of church-growth programmes being learned” Augustine Tanner-Ihm ViaMedia.News The Sovereignty...

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Lord Sentamu and the Bishop of Newcastle

We reported last year on the Bishop of Newcastle’s withdrawal of Lord Sentamu’s Permission to Officiate. Links to our previous articles are here. The bishop issued a new statement on Monday of this...

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Getting answers to safeguarding questions is slow

On Tuesday, Richard Scorer (Principal Lawyer at Slater and Gordon) wrote on behalf of one of his clients, Gilo, to both the archbishops. This was a follow-up to an earlier letter of 23 June 2023, to...

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Opinion – 16 November 2024

Several articles have appeared in the last few days describing the process for appointing the next Archbishoop of Canterbury. Jason Loch A Venerable Puzzle How an Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed...

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Andrew Brown reacts to Makin

Andrew Brown has published these two articles on his The slow deep hover blog. Stephen Conway is innocent OK Against Makin He also wrote this for the Church Times: Press: Media mob helps Welby’s foes...

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Opinion – 20 November 2024

Helen King The Observer Cover-up of child abuse in Church of England tried to ‘protect the work’ of twisted theology Andrew Anthony The Observer The Church of England is beset by shame and division....

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Delegation of Archbishop of Canterbury’s official functions

The statement below was issued today. Statement from Lambeth Palace 20/11/2024 Following the announcement last week of his resignation as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin intends to...

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LLF update November 2024

This web page was published today: LLF Working Groups continue: Update on membership and residential meeting Following the decision at July General Synod to develop proposals to introduce standalone...

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