On Tuesday, the General Synod decided not to outsource the Church of England’s safeguarding work immediately. Disappointment and dismay were mingled with a plea not to be too pessimistic, as bishops ...

SILVER worth more than £500,000 was stolen from churches across the country in 2024, as thieves moved away from stripping off ...

THE new Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) received final approval from the General Synod on Wednesday afternoon to replace the ...

The immediate response from survivors on social media was negative. “Survivors are devastated,” the founder of Survivors ...

THE six Central Members of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) — those elected by General Synod — are “unanimous in their ...

A SUGGESTION that a “big stick” be deployed by the Archbishops’ Council to ensure that the Lowest Income Communities funding ...

SOME of those who knew of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth have been “lying”, a survivor told the General Synod on Monday ...

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THE General Synod stopped short of transferring all safeguarding functions to an external organisation, at least in the short ...

THE Church of England’s stance on the use of gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine at the eucharist had been ...

“A DISTURBINGLY pervasive culture of denial, silence, a refusal to take heed of the lived experience of others and the ...

In recent weeks, some Synod members on social-media and other platforms had urged Archbishop Cottrell not to give the ...