A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of the legal duty to refer safeguarding concerns to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is being rolled out by the DBS across south-eastern England. The campaign, ...

DESPITE polling heralded as revealing a “quiet revival”, the Church of England is — by almost every measure and in almost every diocese — smaller than it was in 2018, this year’s Statistics for ...

1 Hieratic novelist and playwright losing a little energy (8) ...

NORMALLY, I urge people to read the original of the stories that I quote from. This week, I would urge you not to. The bits I’m going to quote are horrible enough. They come from a piece in Harper’s ...

THE Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament is expected to send the draft Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) back to the General Synod for further consideration rather than approve its passage into law. As ...

“JESUS asked us to do only two things: to make new disciples, and to heal the sick”, the chief executive of the Guild of Health and St Raphael (GoHealth), the Revd Dr Gillian Straine, says. The ...

DESPITE the ceasefire, people in Gaza still face challenges in getting aid and shelter, a spokesman for a Palestinian NGO has said. “The number of trucks that enter daily is not enough. The flow of ...

THERE is nothing like a significant milestone for prompting an organisation to reflect on where it has been and where it wants to go. For charities with a Christian foundation, there is always the ...

The Church Times4 Dog, restrained by lead, beginning to savage gnomes? (8) 10 Unexpectedly, I’m able to catch bus for historic temple site (3, 6) 11 Watch classical poet erasing core part of verse (5) ...

MORE than a decade since the General Synod approved legislation enabling women to be bishops, the House of Bishops’ Declaration is at breaking point. The Declaration offered extended episcopal ...

SIX years ago, after an hour’s debate, the General Synod voted almost unanimously to call on the Church of England to speak out publicly against racism directed against Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers ...

PEOPLE used to die. Now, it seems, they pass away. Or — say it quickly and quietly enough no one will even notice — they just pass. Media outlets report the passing of someone famous. Undertakers now ...