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Too many beautiful church buildings are going to ruin. Councils could run them better. Let them, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The archbishop has admitted his connections, but must go further. Backing the campaign for reparations would be a start, says author Alex Renton

A year after the 7 October attack, the myth of ‘blood libel’ persists in the media coverage of Gaza violence

The award-winning author, ecclesiastical historian and church-goer on his incendiary new book about sex and the church, challenging centuries of self-serving homophobia, fakery and abuse. He is primed for the backlash…

Funds will help communities living on the Codrington estate, which was home to two sugar plantations

In 1534, King Henry VIII infamously broke away from the Catholic Church, becoming the head of the Church of England. Following this, two lesser-known acts were passed, the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 and the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539 (also known as the “two Acts of Dissolution”).

For a family so full of history and ceremony, it should come as no surprise that there are plenty of interesting facts and traditions about their christenings

West Indians and their families have suffered at the hands of a racist system. Let us use this day to honour their contributions to this country, says the Church of England’s director of racial justice, Guy Hewitt

Justin Welby has urged politicians to behave nicely. Shame he didn’t say as much to the former Post Office boss

As terrible facts emerge about its level of complicity, we expect a just and humane response – but have yet to receive one, says theologian and broadcaster Robert Beckford

Documents from Lambeth Palace archives show how one of Justin Welby’s predecessors approved the purchase of enslaved people for the notorious Codrington sugar estate