Diocese of Rochester

News from the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Rochester covers western Kent, the Medway Towns, and parts of Bromley and Bexley.

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Ban sale of pointed domestic knives, say campaigners

CAMPAIGNERS against knife crime have called on the Government to ban the sale of pointed domestic knives

27 Sep 2019

Skating and gospel songs win funding

MOBILE skate-parks and football cages are among the resources for mission funded by the latest round of grants from the Church Commissioners

08 Aug 2019

Nuns of West Malling fear new housing will end their silence

A PLANNED housing development close to St Mary’s Abbey, West Malling, in Kent, could cause the enclosed contemplative community of Anglican Benedictine nuns to leave their listed building, which was an abbey before the Dissolution

29 Jul 2019

Worship resumes on ancient Roman site

08 Mar 2019

Mixed reactions after gambling machines, Universal Credit, and wedding venues feature in Budget

30 Oct 2018

We will take complaints seriously, says bishop whose diocese is revisiting past-cases review

26 Jun 2018

Kendall House campaigner finds more links between Kent social services and notorious C of E children’s home 

13 Oct 2017

Archive interview with pioneering priest and social worker sheds light on Kendall House abuse

14 Jul 2017