The former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, is seriously ill in hospital which has prompted calls for prayer by leading Catholic bish In a statement on the diocese of Arund...
Sussex Church of England Bishops have urged for an end to the "cycle of blame" and "misery" that is impacting Southern Rail commuters. In a letter addressed to bodies from all sides of the Southern R...
Bishops have called on the Government to urgently review its benefits freeze after a "deeply disturbing" report found poor working parents did not have the cash Low paid families are taking a "double...
A meeting between prominent church leaders will be taking place on Thursday night to address what the Church can do to help combat knife crime. It comes as the Metropolitan Police report an increase ...
Leading bishops have clashed over whether the Church of England should speed-up the withdrawal of its investments from companies involved with fossil fuels. The issue will be discussed at a meeting o...
A number of Anglican bishops have written a letter calling on the government to rethink its two child cap on benefits. The clerics, along with members of different faith groups are concerned it will ...
The Catholic Bishops of Shrewsbury and Plymouth have criticised the BBC drama Wolf Hall, which depicts St Thomas More, for being 'perverse', 'anti-Catholic' and St Thomas More, also known as Sir Thom...
Two senior Church of England bishops have again voiced serious concerns at the government's planned welfare reforms. The Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd Alan Smith, and the Bishop of Durham, the Rt ...
The Bishops of Guildford and Dorking say the issue of climate change has reached emergency levels and are urging Christians to sign up to a number of lifestyle Andrew Watson and Jo Bailey Wells have...
Gay marriage in England and Wales is one step closer after it cleared the first hurdle in the House of Lords. Same-sex marriage in England and Wales is one step closer after it cleared the first hurd...
25 bishops are getting together to spread the Gospel in the north of England. Crossroads Mission involves local communities putting on events to get more people talking about God and asking questions...
Anglican Church leaders in Exeter have made an appeal for churches be supportive to their communities amid the uncertainty of how the UK will leave the European Rt Rev Robert Atwel,l Bishop of Exeter...
Thirty Church of England bishops have added their signatures to a petition calling on the government to provide more support for people applying for Universal C A campaign has been launched by End Hu...
The bishops of Carlisle and Leicester joined politicians, diplomats and former military leaders on Remembrance Sunday to back an initiative to include everyone "Remember Together", coordinated by th...
Bishops have signed a petition calling for Theresa May to change or stop the roll out universal credit. The Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham, the Rt Revd Paul Williams and Bishop of Sherwoo...
They believe citizens are suffering because of debt built up though so called casino banks. Thirty-seven Church of England bishops have singed a statement calling on world leaders to drop the debt of...
The Bishops of Durham and Manchester have praised the government for the amount of aid its given towards the Syria crisis, but are still calling for it to take In an open letter to the Daily Telegra...
The Bishops of Birmingham, Truro and Norwich are being praised after the government asked the advertising regulator to review the times in which payday loan adv The clergymen have been spearheading a...
The three Bishops of the Diocese of Blackburn have shared their prayers for all of those affected by flooding in England. Rt Revd Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn; Rt Revd Geoff Pearson, B...
A number of Church of England bishops are abandoning upper age limits for clergy training in a bid to increase the number of applications made. Lifting previously-enforced age limits will enable peop...
