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Cuts, clergy stress, low morale, and collapse in vocations presents ‘existential threat to the Church of England’ members ...
Members of the Church of England’s General Synod arrived in York yesterday for five days of deliberation and discussion.
Authority over death belongs to God only, the Church of England’s parliament has been told as its current highest-ranking ...
In his presidential address, he also points to changes on the agenda, including a new debate on assisted dying ...
The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.
LONDON (RNS) — In a special motion at the Church of England's upcoming General Synod, weeks before the Brexit deadline, the archbishops of Canterbury and York will urge politicians to do more to ...
Church of England General Synod attendees vote on a motion for closure on an item, Nov. 15, 2023, in London. (Video screen grab) Catherine Pepinster ...
Sam Margrave, a lay member of the Church of England's general synod, said his bishop called the police on him after he publicly expressed opinions against pride and queer theory.
The General Synod of the Church of England voted overwhelming in favor of a motion to allow blessings on gay couples amid a contentious debate in U.K.'s established church.
“The Church of England is the established church but it has been self-governing since 1919. An intervention like this would be implausible, provoking a constitutional crisis,” he said. Church ...
As Church of England leaders meet in a contentious synod over whether to bless same-sex unions, tensions escalated when a diocese reported a lay synod member to police for “hate speech.” ...
LONDON — The Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special prayers of ...