A tenth of the Church of England's clergy are women, according to a survey carried out by the National Association of Diocesan Advisers in women's Ministry. Nearly 400 women are in charge of parishes.
02 May 1997
Address by the Archbishop of Cape Town, The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane, at Southwark Cathedral, Thursday, April 24, 1997
25 April 1997
The Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Rt Revd Bruce Cameron, is putting his best foot forward and plans to walk to every congregation in his diocese over the next two years.
25 April 1997
The former Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd Dr John Baker, has called for gay marriages to be sanctioned by the Church of England. The Bishop was giving a lecture entitled:"Homosexuality and Christian ethics - a new way forward" at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London. The Bishop chaired the group which produced - Issues in Human Sexuality - the Church of England report in 1991 which reinforced the celibacy rule for gay clergy. The Bishop now feels "obliged to dissent from that judgment."
25 April 1997
This year is the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of St Augustine in Canterbury and the death of St Columba, the great Irish missionary.
18 April 1997
The Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, has warned against further outbreaks of sectarian turmoil after attacks in Armagh and Antrim left two churches in ruins and a third badly damaged.
18 April 1997
In two articles recently the Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out about the importance of clear moral values in society. The first interview was on the question of cohabitation and the second, an article written by the Archbishop himself, appeared in The Times newspaper on 10 April.
11 April 1997
Canterbury Cathedral has been granted an award of £2.25 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards building a new education centre.
11 April 1997
An ecumenical report launched this week has challenged governments, political parties and Churches to consider afresh the issue of unemployment and the future of work in Britain and Ireland.
11 April 1997
Shalom. Salaam. Peace. "Peace be with you". The greeting is not mine, although I gladly extend it to you this morning. It is the greeting of the risen Christ when he met the fearful disciples on the evening of that first Easter Day.
30 March 1997