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WCC convenes meeting to discuss Greenland THE World Council of Churches (WCC) has convened an urgent online meeting of church leaders from Greenland, Denmark, the wider Nordic region, and North America, after President…
What lies beneath the Church’s conflicts
WHEN the Church agreed to ordain women priests in 1992, for some, it was an experience of freedom and justice; for others, it felt like the loss of a sacred order central to their faith.Thirty years on, the Church debates…
Scots reveal what they did for Christmas
FIVE per cent of the people in Scotland attended church on Christmas Day, a new survey suggests.Brendan Research’s Christmas 2025 report, published last week, is the first of several panel surveys due to be published over the…
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UK news in brief
Askrigg Parish Church wins medal for repairsTHE tower project at St Oswald’s, Askrigg, in Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, has won the King of Prussia Gold Medal at the Ecclesiastical Architects and…
Diocese of Cyprus & the Gulf celebrates 50 years
THE creation of the diocese of Cyprus & the Gulf 50 years ago was commemorated with thanksgiving services last weekend, celebrating an “ecumenical milieu” that presented an opportunity to deepen mutual understanding with…
Christians in China fearful and uncertain
WHILE much of the world welcomed 2026 with cautious optimism, many Christians in China entered the New Year with fear and uncertainty. In the opening days of January, Chinese authorities detained prominent Protestant leaders…
Bangladesh’s Christians ask for protection
THE Christian community in Bangladesh, which numbers about 500,000 people, and makes up less than one per cent of the population, says that it is facing growing insecurity amid political uncertainty after the ousting of the…
Liturgy of exclusion in stone
CHURCH buildings are not just functional shelters for worship. They are sermons in stone. They preach, whether we intend them to or not. They encode and extend theology. Their arches, thresholds, steps, aisles, and altars are…
Analysis: Multilateral cause needs theology
WE ARE barely a month into 2026, and President Trump has already bombed Nigeria, kidnapped the President of Venezuela, and threatened to invade Greenland, while there have been mass protests in Minneapolis after the mass…
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