A POLICE raid on a Quaker meeting house in central London on Thursday evening has drawn condemnation from politicians and charities, and prompted criticism of the current law on protests. Six women ...

THE apostle Paul’s small tent-making enterprise featured in a speech by the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, during a Lords debate on the Employment Rights Bill last week. Speaking during ...

NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL has withdrawn its planned participation in the Archbishop of York’s Lord’s Prayer Tour. Archbishop Cottrell had previously been expected to speak at Newcastle Cathedral on 18 ...

A CAMPAIGN to end the provisions that accompanied the women-bishops legislation of 2014, put in place to provide for those unable to accept women’s ministry (News, 28 July 2014), was launched by Women ...

PRIMARK has been praised by the Bishop of Bristol, the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, for its “effective human-rights due diligence” in tackling the evils of modern slavery and human trafficking. The ...

AN ARREST has been made in connection with the discovery of the body of a newborn baby boy outside All Saints’, Notting Hill, in London, last week. The child had been deposited in a shopping bag, ...

THE Vicar of Upper Wensleydale, in North Yorkshire, the Revd David Clark, has expressed disappointment at the “upsetting” reaction of villagers in Askrigg to the new rendering of the clock tower of St ...

CHURCH leaders in Latin America have delivered an urgent message to the Brazilian government on the plight of the Amazon rainforest. The COP30 climate talks are to be held in Brazil this year. Nearly ...

AN ANGLICAN priest has pledged to work for closer ecumenical ties in Germany after being chosen to chair the country’s main inter-Church council. “Belonging to one of Germany’s smallest Churches, I ...

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL has surpassed its “cathedral crisis” fund-raising target of £300,000, announced in January. The Dean and Chapter set the target to meet financial challenges that, they warned, ...

On this episode, Chine McDonald speaks about the themes of her new book, Unmaking Mary: Shattering the myth of perfect motherhood (Hodder & Stoughton). The book is available to buy at the Church Times ...

1 Hospital irritates back then back of patient’s tongue (8) ...