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Synod urges Government to scrap assisted-dying Bill and fund ‘desperately needed palliative care’

“THIS is a line our nation must not cross,” was the message from the General Synod, after it voted, by a significant majority, to condemn a Bill to legalise assisted dying currently working its way through Parliament

15 Jul 2025

Issues in Human Sexuality to be removed from ordination discernment process

THE General Synod reached a consensus on an issue relating to Living in Love and Faith on Tuesday morning, as members voted almost unanimously to remove a document from the ordination process

15 Jul 2025

Synod welcomes higher clergy pensions

A “VAST cloud of witnesses to injustice” was thanked on the floor of the General Synod on Saturday, as members voted on a motion to welcome a package designed to improve the clergy pension

15 Jul 2025

New Dean of Bangor appointed swiftly after Visitation report

15 Jul 2025

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Relief expressed after Synod approves Church’s redress scheme for survivors

14 Jul 2025

Church’s redress scheme for abuse survivors given final Synod approval

14 Jul 2025

Boat-burning in County Tyrone is ‘inhuman and deeply sub-Christian’, Archbishop warns

14 Jul 2025

Israel’s ‘culture of impunity rewards settler violence’, bishops write

14 Jul 2025

Synod approves Measure to reform Church’s national governance structures

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Synod votes against radical measures to redistribute Church Commissioners’ wealth

12 Jul 2025

Hope for the Church in both tradition and diversity, Archbishop of York tells Synod

11 Jul 2025

Former colleague of Venessa Pinto writes of being ‘silenced’ by Leicester diocese

11 Jul 2025

Energy policy must enable both people and nature to thrive, Bishop of Norwich tells peers

11 Jul 2025

Strategic £17.8m funding for church growth in Birmingham

11 Jul 2025

Historians call for Church Commissioners to scrap £100-million slavery justice fund

11 Jul 2025

Gloucester Cathedral’s substitute organ has ring of truth

11 Jul 2025

New grants for old skills at cathedrals

11 Jul 2025

Excavation of grounds of Auckland Palace comes to an end

11 Jul 2025

Greenbelt Festival to include ‘No Fly Zone’

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Primate’s Ukrainian citizenship is removed by Zelensky

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Serbian Patriarch speaks about unrest

11 Jul 2025

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US Episcopal Church court rules in favour of priest over long eucharistic ‘fast’

11 Jul 2025

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11 Jul 2025

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Wildfires sweep across Navajo Nation lands

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Synod urges Government to scrap assisted-dying Bill and fund ‘desperately needed palliative care’

Issues in Human Sexuality to be removed from ordination discernment process

Synod welcomes higher clergy pensions

New Dean of Bangor appointed swiftly after Visitation report

Chaplain’s ‘Anathema’ notice in Istanbul church reworded after Bishop in Europe’s intervention

Relief expressed after Synod approves Church’s redress scheme for survivors

Church’s redress scheme for abuse survivors given final Synod approval

Boat-burning in County Tyrone is ‘inhuman and deeply sub-Christian’, Archbishop warns

Israel’s ‘culture of impunity rewards settler violence’, bishops write

Synod approves Measure to reform Church’s national governance structures

Synod votes against radical measures to redistribute Church Commissioners’ wealth

Hope for the Church in both tradition and diversity, Archbishop of York tells Synod

Former colleague of Venessa Pinto writes of being ‘silenced’ by Leicester diocese

Energy policy must enable both people and nature to thrive, Bishop of Norwich tells peers

Strategic £17.8m funding for church growth in Birmingham

Historians call for Church Commissioners to scrap £100-million slavery justice fund

Gloucester Cathedral’s substitute organ has ring of truth

New grants for old skills at cathedrals

Excavation of grounds of Auckland Palace comes to an end

Greenbelt Festival to include ‘No Fly Zone’

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Primate’s Ukrainian citizenship is removed by Zelensky

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