The Latest Breaking News from Church of England

Migrants pulled from ‘completely moral’ Rwanda flight ‘will be on next one’, warns Liz Truss

Critics should come up with a better idea, says foreign secretary

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Rwanda migrants – live: Home Office ‘undeterred’ after legal battle grounds plane

Seven people were originally scheduled to be on tonight’s flight to Rwanda

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Rwanda policy "shames" Britain, Church of England leaders tell Boris Johnson

Archbishop Justin Welby is among church leaders who say the government's immigration policy is "immoral". The news follows reports that Prince Charles believes the Rwanda deal is "appalling".

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022

Suranne Jones' Gentlemen Jack helps gay women with their sexuality

A new documentary followed the lives of women as they came to terms with their sexuality

Liverpool Echo · May 26, 2022

Suranne Jones helps gay women come out with lesbian role in BBC's Gentleman Jack

Gay women say in a new documentary that watching the hit BBC period drama Gentleman Jack, starring Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle, has made it easier for them to be open about their sexuality

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

Mum 'devastated' as son kicked out of school for taking a toy gun to McDonald's

The self-employed cleaner insisted her son was the victim of "unfair treatment" and likened the Church of England academy to an "army camp"

Irish Mirror · May 15, 2022

Boy, 12, excluded for 'taking toy pistol to McDonald's before school' with mum devastated

His mum is appealing the decision

Nottingham Post · May 15, 2022

Church of England to pump £3.6bn into parishes and fund more social action

Money will support projects such as food banks, as church seeks to ‘raise its game in its service to the nation’

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

Church to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ to help with cost-of-living crisis

Some £3.6 billion will be spent over the next nine years, it was announced on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Former Oxford college dean and senior cleric to leave Church of England

Martyn Percy cited a ‘parlous state of safeguarding’ and ‘culture of bullying and harassment’ in the church

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022