The 2800-word text says that a “year of forgiveness and freedom” was declared every half-century by ancient Jewish ...

The UN Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 was launched in Geneva on 4 December. It finds that 305.1 million people are in need ...

Quoting from “Once in Royal David’s City”, he spoke of God’s “redeeming love”. “That is the heart of the nativity story and ...

The Traveller, Sammy Cooper, sought a faculty for the memorial over the grave of his father in the churchyard of the Grade II ...

Bishops across the Church of England have released Christmas messages, of which several refer to conflict in the world. The ...

THE youth homelessness charity DePaul UK has described as “heart-warming” the reunion of one of its Nightstop service users ...

A RETIRED priest, Timothy Biles, in the diocese of Salisbury, has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of ...

EIGHT historic churches at risk of closure, or with urgent repair needs, have been awarded a share of £1.25 million from the ...

A PRIEST accused of child sexual abuse, who had paid a settlement to one of his alleged victims, was reappointed twice as an ...

ROCHESTER diocesan synod’s vote of no confidence in the Archbishops’ Council ’s oversight of safeguarding is being taken ...

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Online reaction to the Children’s Society’s decision has been mixed. Martin Sewell, a member of the General Synod and a ...