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Cambridge college spent £120,000 on Rustat memorial case

A Cambridge college spent £120,000 attempting to remove a memorial linked to the slave trade from its chapel. Jesus College fought the Church of England in a consistory court case in February to remove the memorial to an alternative space but ...

14 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Church of England votes to support age verification for online pornography

The Church of England General Synod has voted in favour of a motion to urge the Government to bring in age verification for access to online pornography. The Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, voted almost unanimously on ...

12 Jul 2022 at 00:22

Queen awarded Canterbury Cross by archbishop for ‘unstinting’ service to church

The Queen has been presented in person with a special Canterbury Cross for her “unstinting service” to the Church of England over the last 70 years. The 96-year-old head of state held a face-to-face audience with the Archbishop of ...

21 Jun 2022 at 17:48

Archbishop of Canterbury calls church’s slave trade links a ‘source of shame’

The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised after research found the Church of England’s investment fund had links to the slave trade, calling it a “source of shame”. The revelations came to light via an investigation ...

17 Jun 2022 at 06:49

Rwanda plan is immoral policy that shames Britain – Church of England leaders

The plan to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda is an “immoral policy” that “shames Britain”, leaders of the Church of England have said. The Government’s intention is to have some people who have entered the UK ...

13 Jun 2022 at 20:22

Welby says it would have been ‘cowardly’ not to speak out about Rwanda plan

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said it would have been “cowardly” not to have spoken out against the plan to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda. The Rt Rev Justin Welby used his Easter sermon to criticise ...

27 May 2022 at 21:30

Church of England should allow same-sex marriage, says Bishop of Oxford

The Church of England should allow same-sex marriage for both its congregation and its clergy, the Bishop of Oxford has said. The Rt Rev Steven Croft said he wanted to acknowledge the “acute pain and ...

03 Nov 2022 at 17:12

Official who defrauded Church of England out of £5.2m jailed for five years

An official who defrauded the Church of England out of £5.2 million to spend on his lavish lifestyle travelling the world has been jailed for five years. Southwark Crown Court heard ex-prisoner ...

19 Dec 2022 at 15:57

Child sex abuse victims ‘will feel cheated’ if report is not hard-hitting

Victims will feel “cheated” if the findings of an overarching report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse are not hard-hitting, a survivor has said. The final report, taking in ...

19 Oct 2022 at 20:03

Church of England formally apologises for ‘shameful’ treatment of LGBTQI+ people

A formal apology has been issued by the Church of England for the “shameful” times LGBTQI+ people have been “rejected or excluded”. The Bishops of the Church of England have penned a letter ...

20 Jan 2023 at 10:30

Church slave trade links report prompts £100m funding to ‘address past wrongs’

A report into the Church of England’s investment fund’s “shameful” historic links to transatlantic slavery has prompted it to announce £100 million of funding for a programme of investment,...

10 Jan 2023 at 12:57

Archbishop of Canterbury getting ‘flak’ from same-sex marriage blessings critics

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he is getting “flak” from opponents of the Church of England’s decision to allow the blessing of same-sex partnerships. Justin Welby called the move ...

24 Jan 2023 at 15:27

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