The Latest Breaking News from C of E

Welby ‘would rather see C of E disestablished than split over same-sex marriage’

Archbishop is said to have made comment in response to MPs querying church’s approach

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

C of E staff subjected to ‘horrific abuse and bullying’, says safeguarding official

Alexander Kubeyinje makes claims of abuse on staff, including death threats, in paper for General Synod

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

Justin Welby ‘joyful’ at C of E switch but will not bless same-sex civil marriages

Archbishop of Canterbury’s position differs from that of archbishop of York, who says he will offer personal blessings

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

‘We’d love to be married in church’: C of E debates same-sex church weddings

Anglican bishops to discuss and vote on proposal to be put to synod in February

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

Why are female clergy cheering for a bishop who doesn’t believe in female priests?

The ordination of the C of E’s first diocesan bishop since 2014 who refuses to ordain women is nothing to celebrate, says vicar Martine Oborne

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023

C of E’s historic slavery fund – worth £100m but how far will it stretch across communities?

Clerical leaders hope for ‘lasting legacy’ to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and Caribbean

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

C of E setting up £100m fund to ‘address past wrongs’ of slave trade links

Church to back community projects to compensate for financially benefiting from chattel slavery

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Avoid carol services on World Cup final day, Church of England vicars told

Church issues guidance saying it ‘may be best’ to avoid planning Christmas services on Sunday 18 December

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

Female clergy face ‘institutionalised discrimination’, campaigners claim

Church of England is ‘still discriminating against women’ 30 years after allowing them to become priests

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

The Guardian view on LGBT+ Anglicans: finally grounds for hope?

Editorial: A significant intervention by the bishop of Oxford points the way to overdue reform in the Church of England

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022