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Bishop Sarah responds to Commons debate on assisted suicide LLF Working Groups continue: Update on membership and residential meeting Behind the Stained-Glass Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case shakes C of E Statement on the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop of Norwich calls on UK Government to tax polluters to fund...

Following the recent vote in the House of Commons to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill a second reading, the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, the Church of England’s lead bishop for health and social care, said: “I have been deeply moved watching proceedings unfold in the House of Commons today. My...

The C of E has said that, following the decision at last year’s July General Synod to develop proposals to introduce standalone services including Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF) alongside pastoral reassurance, there will be continued input from four working groups into this process. The group membership includes bishops and members of General Synod,...

The Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice (ACRJ) has recently published the results of a six-month study examining the lived experiences of UKME/GMH people in the C of E. The study, titled Behind the Stained-Glass, was undertaken by the Institute for Educational & Social Equity, commissioned by the ACRJ, and examined/explored the lived experience in relation to:...

The independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England’s handling of allegations of serious abuse by the late John Smyth was published last autumn. Keith Makin, who led the independent review said, “The abuse at the hands of John Smyth was prolific and abhorrent. Words cannot adequately describe the horror of what transpired. “Many...

Following the publication of the independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England’s handling of allegations of serious abuse by the late John Smyth, the Archbishop of Canterbury resigned on 12thNovember.  He said: “Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury. “The Makin...

The Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, has joined with Catholic Bishop, John Arnold, to urge the UK Government to ensure large polluters contribute more towards climate finance at COP29. Their recent joint letter calls for higher taxes on fossil fuel companies, to help support countries most affected by the climate crisis. As lead bishops on...

CofE reaction to Budget Church of England and Methodist Church recommit as Covenant turns 21 Church of England delivers on its responsible investment strategy Archbishop of Canterbury warns against legalising assisted suicide Archbishop of Canterbury’s historic link to slavery Lambeth Palace makes statement on Archbishop and Living in Love and Faith Teaching the Lord’s Prayer across...

The Bishop of Newcastle, Helen-Ann Hartley, lead bishop in the House of Lords for economics and business, has given an initial comment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’s budget statement. Bishop Helen-Ann said: “First and foremost this budget must be viewed through the lens of how it affects the poorest and most marginalised...

Anglicans and Methodists in England have underlined their commitment to forging closer ties as together they recently marked the 21st anniversary of an historic covenant between the two churches. The Anglican-Methodist Covenant was signed by leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church in Great Britain in front of Queen Elizabeth II on...

This, the Archbishop’s statement on assisted suicide below, was made ahead of a recent new Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons. “Though our society might be divided over the question of assisted suicide, we all ultimately want the same thing for those who are suffering. We want compassion offered to those in...

The Archbishop of Canterbury recently made a ‘personal statement’, with regard to the historic slave trade.  “I have recently discovered that my biological father, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne, had an ancestral connection to the enslavement of people in Jamaica and Tobago. His great, great grandfather was Sir James Fergusson, an owner of enslaved...