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A member of the Church of England's general synod claims his bishop reported him to the police for tweets in opposition to "queer theory" and the sexualization of children. Sam Margrave, 40, of ...
UPDATE: After Synod vote, services will soon be available on a trial basis. Update (November 16, 2023): Following a nine-hour debate, the Church of England’s General Synod voted on Wednesday to ...
LONDON (RNS) — This coming week promises to be one of the most historic — and controversial — in the life of the Church of England, as its governing body, General Synod, heads toward a resolution of a ...
Bishop Martyn Snow said that many Christians are in favour of tighter border controls “not out of hatred but out of sincere ...
LONDON (RNS) — The vote follows the House of Bishops’ agreement last month to commend ‘Prayers of Love and Faith,’ a collection of prayers and readings for use in existing services. The bishops also ...
Bishops in the Church of England are slated to uphold the institution's formal teaching that marriage is between one man and one woman during their general synod in London next month. Bishops instead ...
The Church of England’s conference centre has been urged to cancel Jeremy Corbyn’s “sham” Gaza tribunal on “Britain’s ...
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.” The Diocese ...
The Church of England’s governing body has voted to bless same-sex couples while leaving unchanged the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman in a move that could nonetheless have global ...
The first Catholic funeral of a member of the British royal family since the Anglican Reformation will take place at ...
Robert Innes, the Church of England’s Bishop in Europe, has said that that ecclesial community has no definition of a woman because such definitions were long thought self-evident. His comment comes ...
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 ...