THE first new parish in the diocese of Guildford for 25 years has been established at the site of the former Deepcut army barracks in Surrey. The former garrison church, St Barbara’s, built as a tin ...

26 January, Nehemiah 8.1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19 (19.1-6); 1 Corinthians 12.12-31a; Luke 4.14-21 WHEN I ask people to read in worship, I advise them to prepare by reading the passage beforehand, ...

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TENSIONS were high as Mozambique prepared for the swearing-in of President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday, amid continued street protests over the disputed parliamentary election result. Thousands of ...

Two women have been charged with criminal damage. Alyson Lee, 66, of Park Grove, Derby, and Diane Bligh, 77, of Langham Place ...

BISHOP Keith Rayner, who was archbishop of two metropolitan Australian dioceses, and Primate, has died in Adelaide, aged 95. Dr Rayner, a theologian who strongly supported the ordination of women, led ...

THE Charity Commission has extended its inquiry into the Barnabas Fund (also known as Barnabas Aid) to four other charities connected to it, after identifying “possible risks due to their shared ...

1 Rebel can’t work for one conducting a service (9) ...

Karl Barth on Religion: A critique by Keith Ward (Cambridge University Press, £23.99 (£21.59); 978-1-009-55541-8). “In this study, Keith Ward offers a detailed critique of Barth's views on religion ...

I have no such desire [to be Archbishop of Canterbury]; and after how we have treated our beloved Archbishop Justin, absolutely not. . . This needs to be of the Spirit, and I hope there is no one ...

SOLAR panels — 184 of them — have been installed and blessed on the roof of York Minster. The Dean, the Very Revd Dominic Barrington, prayed: “Bless these solar panels that they may help us in our ...

ONE of the Most Revd Justin Welby’s priorities as Archbishop of Canterbury was the strengthening of links between the member Churches of the Anglican Communion. Among other proposed changes, he ...