Roadside shrines, bouquets and teddies and the widening appeal of prayer stations, labyrinths and beads are all indications that images are the new words for people today, says the Church of England's chief statistician and researcher.
30 May 2006
Millions of pounds have been poured into Britain's city and urban areas in recent years but the resultant growth has forced many to the margins and dramatised the gap between the 'super rich' and the poorest.
23 May 2006
Following a night of intense discussion during which senior Church personnel attempted to broker a resolution between the asylum seekers and the authorities, we regret to say that these talks have reached an impasse again.
23 May 2006
Attendance levels at regular weekly services in Church of England cathedrals have risen by a total of 21 per cent since the turn of the millennium - that's a rate of almost four per cent each year.
19 May 2006
The Episcopal Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church has today elected The Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, The Rt Rev Dr Idris Jones, to serve as Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
19 May 2006
'In a crowded room, a family member is missing; at a table laid ready for dinner, a family member is missing; the phone rings and I think it is him.
12 May 2006
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is expecting a bumper Bank Holiday crowd to celebrate the 2006 National Pilgrimage on Bank Holiday Monday (29th May).
12 May 2006
The Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan, the Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, has announced his intention to retire later this year.His intentions have been conveyed to the General Synod of the Church of Ireland. The decision will take effect on 31 December 2006
09 May 2006
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Stephen David Conway MA to the Suffragan See of Ramsbury, in the Diocese of Salisbury, in succession to the Right Reverend Peter Fearnley Hullah BD AKC FRS, on his resignation on 29 November 2005.
08 May 2006
I am still here despite newspaper speculation supposedly emanating from 'friends' about my resigning at the end of my Sabbatical to become Dean of Westminster.
04 May 2006