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Church leaders respond to martyrdom of Father Jacques Hamel

Church leaders have been responding to yesterday’s murder of French Roman Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel.

27 July 2016

Archbishop of Canterbury's New Advisor for Reconciliation

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced the appointment of Sarah Snyder as his new advisor for reconciliation.

27 July 2016

Government funds security at places of worship

The British government have announced a £2.4 million fund to help secure places of worship in England and Wales. 

26 July 2016

France at war with Daesh as Catholic priest murdered

French anti-terror police are investigating an attack on a church in Saint-Etienne du Rouvray in which the priest was killed and another worshiper seriously injured.

26 July 2016

Bishops respond to deadly attacks in Germany

Two bishops responsible for Anglican and Episcopal churches in Europe have responded to Friday’s deadly shooting attack in Munich.

25 July 2016

Cumbrian church is site of Britain’s first African settlement

Researchers from the BBC have identified a north Cumbrian church as being on the site of the first ever recorded settlement of African people in Britain.

22 July 2016

United Society reclaims familiar USPG name

The Anglican mission agency United Society is to resume using the more familiar name USPG by which it was known between 1956 and 2012.

22 July 2016

Putting theology into practice

Practitioners, teachers and researchers in practical theology converged on the Irish town of Limerick last week for the annual British Irish Association of Practical Theology Conference.

21 July 2016

Archbishop Welby welcomes refugee community sponsorship scheme

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has welcomed a new UK-government scheme to allow community groups in the country to directly sponsor a refugee family.

19 July 2016

Faith-based groups at UN Aids conference

The United Nations’ 21st International Aids Conference got underway yesterday (Monday) as some 18,000 delegates from 183 countries gathered in Durban, South Africa.

19 July 2016