Church of England
It’s no longer Sunday best for the Church of England
By Catherine Pepinster — July 14, 2017
LONDON (RNS) — But will they convince young people it’s a 21st-century institution they want to join?
As Anglicans point fingers in sex abuse scandal, George Carey quits honorary role
By Catherine Pepinster — June 27, 2017
LONDON (RNS) George Carey’s resignation highlights how church institutions are shifting their focus to punishing church officials for their roles in covering up child sex abuse by priests, even as some criticize them for not sufficiently addressing victims' needs.
How the British developed a taste for religion in politics
By Catherine Pepinster — May 7, 2017
LONDON (RNS) The reasons are complex and include an aggressive secularism, the influx of migrants of other faiths and fears about Islam.
What Jeffrey John’s rejection says about unity in the Anglican Communion
By Catherine Pepinster — April 17, 2017
LONDON (RNS) John has been rejected as a candidate for bishop a remarkable seven times. It is more than a personal blow. It is about the worldwide Anglican Communion's lingering division over homosexuality.
An irrelevant war?
By Martin E. Marty — April 11, 2017
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of self-critical (or prophetic) perspective.
Archbishop of Canterbury to express remorse over Reformation violence
By Yonat Shimron — January 17, 2017
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The statement will urge believers to ask for forgiveness for atrocities that happened on both sides during the Reformation and for greater unity between the Catholic and Protestant churches today.
Is God really dead? How Britain lost faith in the church
By RNS staff — October 29, 2016
Low church attendance is frequently in the news, but looking deeper into the phenomenon reveals what the underlying issues really are.
First Church of England bishop comes out as gay
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 2, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nicholas Chamberlain, the bishop of Grantham, has come out as the first Church of England bishop to openly acknowledge he is gay.
Archbishop of Canterbury to open home to Syrian refugee family next month
By RNS staff — July 6, 2016
LONDON — The welcoming of a refugee family onto the archbishop's estate comes 11 months after Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to offer asylum to 20,000 Syrians.
Brexit victory prompts prayers amid economic, political turmoil
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 24, 2016
(RNS) While backers of Britain's exodus from the European Union celebrated, faith leaders focused on the vote's impact on society's most vulnerable.
Ecumenism of the barstool? Drunken Anglican vicar claims Vatican immunity
By David Gibson — June 3, 2016
(RNS) 'I’m from the Vatican, you’re f----d,' the Rev. Gareth Jones, a Church of England vicar, yelled at police who found him on a bender in London.
Charismatic movement gains as Church of England sputters
By Trevor Grundy — March 29, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Hundreds of Pentecostal and charismatic churches draw young, black, Asian and mixed-race Brits.
Report finds Church of England failed to deal with sex abuse by clergy
By Trevor Grundy — March 16, 2016
(RNS) An independent review commission finds clergy failed to act in the case of an altar boy who was "sadistically" assaulted.
Anglican bishop: It is a Christian duty to give blood, organs
By Trevor Grundy — February 16, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Christians and their families need reassurance that there are no theological problems with giving blood or tissue, says an Anglican bishop.
Henry VIII’s chapel hosts Catholic prayers for the first time in 450 years
By Trevor Grundy — February 10, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The service was a symbolic act cementing growing ties between this country’s two leading Christian faiths, Catholicism and Anglicanism, divided since the Reformation.
