The amendment on union members’ paying into the political fund was proposed by the crossbencher Lord Burns, who was involved in negotiating the agreement reached in 2016. He had been “taken aback” by ...

THE next Bishop of Worcester is to be the Rt Revd Hugh Nelson, Downing Street announced on Tuesday. He succeeds Dr John Inge, who retired last year ( News, 3 May 2024 ).

The Church TimesThe Revd Malcolm Doney is a writer, broadcaster, and Anglican priest. He is a former Features Editor of the Church Times.

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The ADF is known for its violent tactics, and is reported to have escalated its violence against local populations. The group ...

York Minster was the first cathedral to employ a designated safeguarding adviser, the report says. The holder of the position ...

THE International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) ruling on climate change is “historic”, the Moderator of the World Council of ...

THE Archbishop of York ’s hopes were fulfilled on Sunday evening when Lioness Chloe Kelly scored the winning penalty to ...

SURVIVORS of abuse in the Jesus Fellowship/Jesus Army — described by its trustees as “widespread and systemic” — were the ...

CHRISTIAN AID has released three new films and written resources to bring Palestinian voices “closer to church communities”, in a move “to build people’s understanding and break the silence”. The ...

A POLISH cardinal has urged moderation in language when discussing refugees and migrants, after his country’s government urged the Vatican to “take measures” against two Roman Catholic bishops for ...

3 August, Proper 13: Ecclesiastes 1.2,12-14; 2.18-23; Psalm 49.1-12 (or 49.1-9); Colossians 3.1-11; Luke 12.13-21 THIS Gospel passage is known as the “parable of the rich fool”. That label is not a ...