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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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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…
New interfaith commission launched
A NEW commission on interfaith relations was launched last week, with a remit to identify and defuse potential areas of conflicts. The Area Bishop of Willesden, in London diocese, the Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, is the…
‘Committed’ young Christians are most generous givers to charity, report says
“COMMITTED Christians” are generous givers, donating an average of £326 per month — equating to ten per cent of their income and four times the the UK monthly giving average, the Stewardship’s Generosity Report for 2026,…
Election of first female Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed at St Paul’s Cathedral
THE Most Revd Sarah Elisabeth Mullally became the first woman to take office as Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, at the confirmation in St Paul’s Cathedral of her election.“This is our habemus mamam moment,” the Bishop…
New Archbishop of Canterbury to move Synod motion on adult care
REFORM of social care in England should focus not on independence, but on “interdependence”, and there should be a shift in collective attitudes towards older people and those with disabilities, a paper endorsed by the…
Holocaust education is getting harder amid rising anti-Semitism, Lords are told
“BEING of Jewish heritage myself, I cannot recall a time when I was not aware of the Holocaust,” the Bishop of Coventry, the Rt Revd Sophie Jelley, said in her maiden speech in the House of Lords on Monday, the eve of…
More young adults join Church of England’s Ministry Experience Scheme
MORE than 120 young adults have joined a year-long placement scheme to experience ministry in the Church of England, its largest intake so far, Church House announced on Thursday.The Ministry Experience Scheme (MES), set up…
Report outlines barriers to training for working-class ordinands ahead of Synod debate
WORKING-CLASS candidates continue to experience a “cultural loss” of identity when exploring a vocation to the priesthood, as well as both academic and financial barriers to training, a paper due to be debated by the General…
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