Anglicanism

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Senior C of E figure rejects claim of asylum-seeker baptism ‘conveyor belt’
In submission to MPs, archdeacon Rick Simpson says claims by ex-vicar Matthew Firth are ‘deeply problematic’

Harriet Sherwood

24, Apr, 2024 @3:34 PM

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Lord Field of Birkenhead obituary
MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and former Labour minister who was asked to ‘think the unthinkable’ about welfare reform

Dennis Kavanagh

24, Apr, 2024 @2:36 PM

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The Rev Hugh Dawes obituary
Other lives: Anglican priest who faced criticism for his radical views and was a founder of the Progressive Christianity Network Britain

Jill Sandham

21, Apr, 2024 @4:50 PM

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Church of England accused of ‘acting like a loan shark’ over vicar’s widow falling £313,000 in debt
A church mortgage supposed to help clergy buy their own home has turned into a huge burden for a woman who paid interest for almost 29 years

Rupert Jones

17, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Abbott criticises speaker over PMQs and asks Starmer to restore the whip – as it happened
Hackney MP was not given chance to ask a question despite comments about her from Tory donor

Andrew Sparrow and Sammy Gecsoyler

13, Mar, 2024 @5:20 PM

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Seeing the big picture on church weddings | Letters
Letters: Rev Geoffrey Farrar thinks the focus of a church wedding should be God, Jill Webster says the top space should be for the sacred, not the photographer, while Tim Maguire champions humanist ceremonies

11, Mar, 2024 @6:22 PM

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‘It’s not a lot when you consider the harm’: Why bishop is calling for £1bn in C of E reparations for slavery
Bishop of Croydon Rosemarie Mallett is calling for the Church of England to atone for African chattel slavery

Harriet Sherwood

11, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Justin Welby says he carries personal alarm amid increasing threats in church
Archbishop says there has been hate speech and ‘enormous’ rise in abusive language against bishops, particularly female ones

Harriet Sherwood

08, Mar, 2024 @1:03 PM

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Ex-Post Office chair gives details of ‘stitch up’ which he says led to Badenoch making false claims about his sacking – as it happened
Letter from former Post Office chair Henry Staunton gives new details on conversations

Andrew Sparrow

05, Mar, 2024 @5:31 PM

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St Paul’s Cathedral to host guests for £7 in ‘secret’ 300-year-old library
Guests can delve deeper into history of London landmark in one-of-a-kind stay to mark World Book Day

Amelia Hill

05, Mar, 2024 @12:17 PM

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Wedding photographer at centre of row with vicars calls for truce
Rachel Roberts and more than 900 photographers had signed petition about clergy obstructing their work

Morgan Ofori

04, Mar, 2024 @7:02 PM

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Church of England has been too slow to atone for slavery links | Brief letters
Brief letters: C of E slavery fund | Stop the small planes | Tax ‘giveaways’ | Cancer talk | Roger Daltrey at 80

04, Mar, 2024 @5:02 PM

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