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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 Department of Theology ...

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

#universities #churchofengland #churchnews #churchtimes

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Cyprus & Gulf ‘strengthened’ by Anglican Communion in face of Middle East conflict THE Bishop in Cyprus & the Gulf, the Rt Revd Sean Semple, has joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Anglican representatives to the United Nations’ refugee agency in reiterating regional calls for peace and expressing concern for the ...

‘Almost all of the churches of the diocese are in cities targeted by drone and missile attacks’

#churchincyprus #middleeast #churchnews #churchtimes

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Safeguarding complaint against Archbishop of Canterbury dismissed on appeal as ‘vexatious’ A COMPLAINT against the Archbishop of Canterbury has been dismissed by the President of Tribunals, who reviewed the complaint after an appeal. He concluded that it was “vexatious and ought not to have been brought”. Sir Stephen Males upheld the or...

A complaint against the #ArchbishopofCanterbury has been dismissed by the President of Tribunals, who reviewed the complaint after an appeal. He concluded that it was “vexatious and ought not to have been brought”

#SarahMullally #churchnews #churchtimes

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Angela Tilby: Democracy’s outcomes can surprise IN 1992, just after the end of the Cold War, the American political philosopher Francis Fukuyama published a groundbreaking book, The End of History and the Last Man. In it, he argued that, with the emergence of Western liberal democracy, human so...

Francis Fukuyama did not predict that democracy would lead Western nations to become more nationalistic, divided, and authoritarian, writes Angela Tilby ✍️

#Philosophy #churchnews #churchtimes #comment #feature

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Former free church minister to become Bishop of St Germans THE next Suffragan Bishop of St Germans, in the diocese of Truro, is to be the Revd James Treasure, Downing Street announced on Monday. He succeeds the Rt Revd Hugh Nelson, who was translated to Worcester last year (News, 29 July 2025). Mr Treasur...

The next Suffragan Bishop of St Germans, in the diocese of Truro, is to be the Revd James Treasure, Downing Street announced on Monday

#newbishop #bishopofstgermans #churchofengland #churchnews #churchtimes

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Join us for the 2026 Festival of Preaching, a dedicated space for clergy, lay ministers, and all who preach, to enrich their craft...

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Safeguarding complaint against Archbishop of Canterbury dismissed on appeal as ‘vexatious’ A COMPLAINT against the Archbishop of Canterbury has been dismissed by the President of Tribunals, who reviewed the complaint after an appeal. He concluded that it was “vexatious and ought not to have been brought”. Sir Stephen Males upheld the or...

A complaint against the #ArchbishopofCanterbury has been dismissed by the President of Tribunals, who reviewed the complaint after an appeal. He concluded that it was “vexatious and ought not to have been brought”

#churchnews #churchtimes

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Weak financial controls and ‘disempowered’ trustees were background to Bangor débâcle, review says FINANCIAL controls were dismantled, and trustees were “disempowered”, in Bangor diocese, a review of the situation over the five years before the previous Archbishop’s resignation has found. The independent governance review of Bangor Diocesan Boa...

Financial controls were dismantled, and trustees were “disempowered”, in #Bangor diocese, a review of the situation over the five years before the previous Archbishop’s resignation has found

#churchinwales #churchnews #churchtimes

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Letters to the Editor Springtime for interim ministry From the Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham, the Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon, and members of the Interim Ministry Practitioners’ Group Madam, — After a long, wet winter, spring is in the air at last. After a l...

"After a long, wet winter, spring is in the air at last. After a long wait, so, too, is training for interim ministers."

✉️ Read this week's Letters to the Editor ⬇️

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Gafcon to be led by new Global Anglican Council including clergy, laity, and bishops Communiqué says it be will chaired by the Archbishop of Rwanda, Dr Laurent Mbanda, and replace the Primates Council set up in 2008

In a communiqué marking what, it says, is a “historic day for the Global Anglican Communion”, #Gafcon has announced that it has dissolved its Primates Council to replace it with a new Global Anglican Council, chaired by the Archbishop of Rwanda, Dr Laurent Mbanda

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‘Peace is not for sale’ but requires justice and dignity, Church leaders write of Middle East war Anglican Communion, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and World Methodist Council issue joint statement

Four global Church networks, representing hundreds of millions of Christians, have issued a joint call for peace in the #MiddleEast as the conflict continues. The death toll across the region is reported to have reached at least 1100 people

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BBC religious broadcasting ‘poor and underfunded’ Archbishop of York says RELIGIOUS broadcasting is increasingly becoming “the poor and underfunded relative in a BBC which, I believe, needs to be reminded of its core business”, the Archbishop of York has said. Speaking on Tuesday during a Religion Media Centre briefing ...

Religious broadcasting is increasingly becoming “the poor and underfunded relative in a #BBC which, I believe, needs to be reminded of its core business”, the #ArchbishopofYork has said

#religiousprogramming #churchnews #churchtimes

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Bishop of Manchester to retire in July 2027 THE Bishop of Manchester since 2013, Dr David Walker, has announced that he will retire at the end of July 2027, two months after his 70th birthday. In a pastoral letter to clergy, lay leaders, and congregations across his diocese, on Wednesday, h...

The #BishopofManchester since 2013, Dr David Walker, has announced that he will retire at the end of July 2027, two months after his 70th birthday

#retirement #bishops #churchtimes #churchnews

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Old City of Jerusalem needs an economic boost and recognition of its Palestinian heritage, says WCC THE future of Jerusalem’s Old City will be determined internationally, and there is a “moral imperative” to protect its vulnerable Palestinians, a report from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and ...

The future of Jerusalem’s Old City will be determined internationally, and there is a “moral imperative” to protect its vulnerable Palestinians, a report from the World Council of Churches (WCC) has said

#Palestine #wcc #jerusalem #churchnews #churchtimes

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Church leaders express disquiet as conflict in Middle East escalates CHURCH leaders, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams, Christians in the Middle East, and diplomats have condemned as unjust and potentially illegal the war spreading in the region, after the strikes on Iran by the United Sta...

Church leaders, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams, Christians in the Middle East, and diplomats have condemned as unjust and potentially illegal the war spreading in the region

#middleeast #iran #churchnews #churchtimes

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Clergy condemn use of Church House Westminster for Reform UK press conference THE use of Church House, Westminster, for a Reform UK press conference, was condemned by Church of England clergy last week. Canon Dr Keith Brindle, who works at Dorothy House Hospice Care and co-ordinates Christians Against the Far Right, describ...

The use of Church House, Westminster, for a #ReformUK press conference, was condemned by #ChurchofEngland clergy last week

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Bishop of Lichfield to retire in September THE Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, is to retire in September, he announced in Lichfield Cathedral on Monday, during the St Chad’s Day festal evensong. His announcement was exactly ten years since his nomination. Dr Ipgrave referred to St...

The Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, is to retire in September, he announced in Lichfield Cathedral on Monday, during the St Chad’s Day festal evensong

#bishopsretirement #churchnews #churchtimes

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TV review: Dirty Business and The Dyers’ Caravan Park A NEW docudrama has the potential to do for the issue of water pollution what Mr Bates and the Post Office did for the scandal with which that programme dealt. Dirty Business (Channel 4, 23 February) is the real-life story of the egregious polluti...

Jayne Manfredi reviews Dirty Business and The Dyers’ Caravan Park 📺

#TVreview #DannyDyer #churchtimes

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Clergy condemn use of Church House Westminster for Reform UK press conference THE use of Church House, Westminster, for a Reform UK press conference, was condemned by Church of England clergy last week. Canon Dr Keith Brindle, who works at Dorothy House Hospice Care and co-ordinates Christians Against the Far Right, describ...

The use of Church House, Westminster, for a #ReformUK press conference, was condemned by #ChurchofEngland clergy last week

#churchnews #churchtimes

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Archbishop of York questions ‘unintended consequences’ of assisted-dying Bill THE Archbishop of York has warned that assisted dying could “lead to coercion of vulnerable people in places where palliative care is not available and cannot be afforded, which will lead to unintended consequences”. The Archbishop’s intervention ...

The #ArchbishopofYork has warned that #assisteddying could “lead to coercion of vulnerable people in places where palliative care is not available and cannot be afforded, which will lead to unintended consequences”

#churchnews #churchtimes

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#churchtimes #churchnews #comment #features #arts #reviews #clergy #cofe #ChurchOfEngland #pancreaticcancer #SEND #vigil #Guildford

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Welsh faith leaders call on Senedd to reject assisted dying Bill THE Bishops of the Church in Wales have joined other faith leaders in urging the Senedd to withhold legislative consent to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. “Wales deserves better than this proposed legislation,” they wrote in a statem...

The Bishops of the Church in Wales have joined other faith leaders in urging the Senedd to withhold legislative consent to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

#Wales #Bishops #churchtimes #churchnews #Senedd

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Photo stories of the week 📸

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Film review: Oh, Canada THE film Oh, Canada (Cert. 15) is a meditation on mortality. The director, Paul Schrader, is no stranger to the subject. From his Taxi Driver script to the recent God’s Lonely Men trilogy (First Reformed, The Card Counter, and The Master Gar...

"The film Oh, Canada is a meditation on mortality. The director, Paul Schrader, is no stranger to the subject," writes Stephen Brown ✍️

#FilmReview: Oh, Canada 🎬

🍿 #JacobElordi #RichardGere #UmaThurman #PaulSchrader #churchtimes #churchnews

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Faith for Holy Places HOLY places were scarce in my earliest experience of Christianity. The Congregational Church in Newquay, where my family worshipped, was not somewhere to light a candle or pop in to pray on a weekday. In any case, it was usually locked. When my pa...

"The only building that triggered a sense of holy wonder in my Newquay childhood was the Huer’s Hut," writes Graham James 🛖

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#Newquay #churchnews #churchtimes #faith #feature

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Review confirms first episcopal deposition in Church in Wales Former Bishop of Swansea & Brecon Anthony Pierce was unfrocked after he was jailed for indecent assault

A review carried out by a former barrister for the #ChurchinWales has confirmed a decision to unfrock the former Bishop of Swansea & Brecon Anthony Pierce after he was jailed for indecent assault

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100 years ago: Indians in South Africa The growing confidence of the native races throughout the British Commonwealth in the bishops and priests of the English Church is shown by the fact that the Metropolitan of India has been asked to go to South Africa to consult with the bishops th...

#100yearsago: From our archive: February 19th, 1926 🗝️

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New books just published Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis: The quest for the best mental model of the universe by Alister McGrath (OUP, £30 (£27); 978-0-19-898279-1). “Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis is the first comprehensive ...

#NewBooks: This week’s selection: a reflection on the relationship between science and religion; an exploration of Orthodox spirituality; and an examination on Augustine’s critique of his Roman predecessors 📚

#Readinglist #churchnews #churchtimes 📖

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