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Lambeth Conference postponed until 2022

July 8, 2020 1 Comment

Today, the Lambeth Conference announced that it will be postponed an additional year: In March it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and

Church of England could close thousands of churches in 2016

December 21, 2015 3 Comments

Photo of St Mary’s, Newington In a BBC video, the Revd Cannon Giles Fraser talks about the high cost of securing the steeple for St

“Just Pray”–but not in UK cinemas

November 23, 2015 33 Comments

Have you seen ‘Just Pray’, the Church of England ad that was rejected by UK cinemas? Do you agree with the decision to bar it, or do you think it’s an example of political correctness? What do you think of the ad as a form of evangelizing?

Islamophobic attacks in Britain–particularly against veiled women–have increased dramatically

September 7, 2015 No Comments

Still from video by Caroline Wyatt, who interviewed Muslim women to ask them about their experiences. Islamophobic attacks have soared in Britain, rising by 70%

Justin, not Your Grace: A Newsweek interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury

July 29, 2015 No Comments

Newsweek has just published a somewhat prickly interview with Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Robert Chalmers, touching on questions of prayer (“Prayer isn’t a

Broadcaster Adrian Chiles visits 46 different church services in 46 consecutive days

June 1, 2015 No Comments

Adrian Chiles, a British Catholic, undertook an unusual Lenten discipline: he vowed to attend church every day for 46 days, and never the same church twice. What he planned to be a struggle surprised him as a positive, uplifting experience instead.