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Archbishop of Canterbury to embark on six-day pilgrimage before her installation
THE Archbishop of Canterbury will embark on a six-day pilgrimage on foot this week, from London to Canterbury, as part of her preparation for her installation at Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 25 March. Archbishop Mullally…
Professor warns of ‘scary’ cuts to university theology departments
THE cuts to university theology and religion departments should be of greater concern to the Church, the F. D. Maurice Professor at King’s College, London (KCL), has said.Speaking after the launch of A Short History of the…
Dunblane victims remembered ‘with quiet dignity’, 30 years on
THIRTY years after the Dunblane tragedy, when 16 children and their teacher, Gwen Mayor, were killed in a school shooting, the Minister of Dunblane Cathedral, the Revd Colin Renwick, said that people in the town “will, as…
Iranian asylum-seekers and refugees speak of hopes and fears for homeland
IRANIAN asylum-seekers and refugees who have been baptised in the Church of England have told clergy of their hopes and fears for their homeland and their loved ones still living there.Canon Tony MacPherson, who pioneered a…
Iranian Christians argue war is a means of rescue
THE US-Israeli strikes on Iran constitute “an operation aimed at the liberation of the Iranian people”, a group of Iranian Christians has told the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani.In a letter made public last…
‘Among those great women’ — W. P. Starmer murals receive major new heritage funding
THE murals in the Lady Chapel of St Jude-on-the-Hill have, on occasion, required defending. In April 1924, a “Catholic Colonel” wrote to the Church Times to complain that “among the saints pictured on the walls and ceiling is…
Welsh focus in special evensong at St James’s Palace
SUN through stained glass in the chapel of St James’s Palace lent its lustre to the service of choral evensong in honour of St David and to inaugurate the new Royal Chaplaincy for Wales, on Wednesday of last week.The first…
Kensal Green church goes step-free after 182 years
AFTER 182 years, St John’s, Kensal Green, has become step-free thanks to a growing partnership between the church and Westminster City Council.The new access will allow people in wheelchairs to enter independently. The London…
Debt-advice service at Jarrow church helps people to manage £1 million in debt since Covid
A DEBT-advice service set up to alleviate hardship in the parish of Jarrow and Simonside after the Covid pandemic has helped people to manage more than £1 million of debt so far. Supported by the diocese of Durham and…
Donate this Lent: Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) is open
LENT progresses to the halfway point, and the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal remains open for donations. In 2026, TAP is returning to its roots, and will once again support those exploring a calling to serve in…
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