‘Calm down, calm down’, C of E tells commuters

As holidays for many people end and the northern hemisphere winter approaches after a wet summer, Monday mornings can be difficult. To boost morale and ease the Monday blues, the Church of England offered early morning commuters on 1 September a prayer published in...

Let there be a bit less light, urges C of E

The famous biblical story of creation, echoed in the prologue to John’s Gospel, famously contains the divine injunction, “Let there be light.” But the Church of England says that in an age of eco-responsibility, a little less light might be...

Lutherans welcome Church of England women bishops

The 68 million strong Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed the recent decision by the Church of England General Synod to consecrate women as bishops, for its potential to enrich the life of the Church and in particular “for its immediate consequences in...

Church of England makes historic decision for women bishops

Emotional scenes greeted the decision this evening by the General Synod of the Church of England, its governing body, to confirm the Church’s intention to consecrate women as bishops – a historic move which follows the decision to ordain women as priests in 1994....