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Call for unity as Brexit vote sparks racist attacks

Church leaders have criticised the rise in racist abuse and attacks in the UK following last week’s historic referendum decision to withdraw from the European Union.

28 June 2016

First Community of St Anselm members finish their "year in God's time"

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has prayed for the first members of the monastic-inspired Community of St Anselm as they came to the end of their “year in God's time.”

27 June 2016

Search begins for remains of Henry I

Archaeologists have begun a search for the remains of England’s King Henry I on the site of the former Reading Abbey.

27 June 2016

Britain's earliest Christians reburied

The remains of what is said to be some of Britain’s earliest converts to Christianity have been re-interred in the crypt of St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh.

27 June 2016

EU referendum: Statement by the Archbishop of Dublin

Responding to the UK’s EU referendum, the Primate of the Southern Province of the Church of Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, issued this statement.

24 June 2016

EU referendum: Statement by CEC President, Bishop Christopher Hill

Following yesterday’s referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, Bishop Christopher Hill, President of the Conference of European Churches, has issued this statement.

24 June 2016

EU referendum: Statement by the Bishops of the Church in Wales

The Bishops of the Church in Wales have responded to yesterday’s EU referendum in the UK with the following joint statement.

24 June 2016

EU referendum: Statement by the Primus of Scotland

The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, has responded to yesterday’s EU referendum in the UK with the following statement.

24 June 2016

Canon Andrew White suspended over investigation into FRRME charity

The President of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, Canon Andrew White, has been suspended by the charity’s trustees pending an inquiry. 

24 June 2016

EU referendum: Statement by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Archbishop of York John Sentamu have issued this joint statement today after the UK voted to leave the European Union.

24 June 2016