A YOUNG mum came to see me last week to enquire about the church, and ask about what we believed and what we expected of her.

DIVINE CHOCOLATE is not selling Easter eggs this year. The decision is expected to mean that the demand for Fairtrade chocolate eggs will outstrip the supply.

THE “reset” of safeguarding in the Church of England must have mandatory reporting at its heart, the Bishop of London told the House of Lords last Friday.

UNDER-25s who claim Universal Credit as care-leavers are disadvantaged by the law, the Bishop of Manchester, Dr David Walker, said in the House of Lords last week. He argued for an increase in their ...

SAFEGUARDING in the diocese of Chichester has made “impressive progress”, an independent audit has concluded. It describes the dioceses’ safeguarding team as “well-led and highly professional”. The ...

St Magnus Way, on Orkney Mainland, is dedicated to Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney — an influential trading and military outpost of the Norse (Scandinavian) kingdom at the end of the 11th century.

THE Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, was in Jerusalem last week when the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal was agreed. On Sunday, she told the Church Times that the reception of the deal among ...

CHURCHES are providing nearly one fifth of the venues participating in the national Warm Welcome Spaces campaign, which is described by the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as “a chain of hope . . .

The religious make-up of the Senate and House of Representatives is 87 per cent Christian, which is down one percentage point on the previous House membership, Pew Research has found. Their study ...

“Quite simply, it subjects asylum-seekers to danger if they are placed in hotels in visible numbers,” Dr Wilcox said. “Dispersed accommodation offers greater protection and, for that reason, we should ...

ALTHOUGH religious leaders had failed in spring 2003 to dissuade the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, from pursuing military action to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, they continued to lobby to curb ...

THE Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, has thanked the Pope for condemning attacks on civilians in his country, but has also warned against “many ...