In a report published today, Canon Swinson explores the workload and geographical spread of the ministries of the Bishop of Beverley, Stephen Race, and the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Rob Munro.

on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at 10.28 am by Peter Owen categorised as Church of England The Church of England has published LLF Autumn Update: Preparing for Key Decisions. It starts ...

“Is the upcoming appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury the last chance saloon for the C of E to save itself?” ...

[This is part 2; part 1 was published in July.] ...

Although they are dated 18 June at the end, the internal file attributes have today’s date (1 Sept 2025). There was a meeting in July, with an agenda and a press release, but, as yet, no minutes. The ...

Opinion – 27 August 2025 on Wednesday, 27 August 2025 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Church of England’s major data breach The Church ...

Sadly, due process is something the C of E doesn’t do well at all. The case of Anne-Marie Ghosh reminds me very much of the Alan Griffin case, in which another archdeacon was all-too-ready to believe ...

Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961, was also Grand Chaplain in the United Grand Lodge of England. Many bishops were thought to be masons then. In recent times, Jonathan Baker ...

Most of the electronic voting lists from last month’s meeting of General Synod were published online some weeks ago, and I linked to them here. These contain the names of voting members and how they ...

Marcus Walker The Critic First signs of an Anglican spring ...

Helen King Premier Christianity I’m celebrating the UK’s first female archbishop. I don’t care that she is in a civil partnership ...

Opinion – 6 August 2025 on Wednesday, 6 August 2025 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Questions for Christianity and the Church of England Savitri (Savi) ...