A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of the legal duty to refer safeguarding concerns to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is being rolled out by the DBS across south-eastern England. The campaign, ...

MORE than a decade since the General Synod approved legislation enabling women to be bishops, the House of Bishops’ Declaration is at breaking point. The Declaration offered extended episcopal ...

The Church Times4 Dog, restrained by lead, beginning to savage gnomes? (8) 10 Unexpectedly, I’m able to catch bus for historic temple site (3, 6) 11 Watch classical poet erasing core part of verse (5) ...

“JESUS asked us to do only two things: to make new disciples, and to heal the sick”, the chief executive of the Guild of Health and St Raphael (GoHealth), the Revd Dr Gillian Straine, says. The ...

SIX years ago, after an hour’s debate, the General Synod voted almost unanimously to call on the Church of England to speak out publicly against racism directed against Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers ...

PEOPLE used to die. Now, it seems, they pass away. Or — say it quickly and quietly enough no one will even notice — they just pass. Media outlets report the passing of someone famous. Undertakers now ...

I HAD always thought that studying theology should make me more complex, and that, by the time I left theological college, I would have a big vocabulary that I could use to impress members of the ...

THE death of Pope Francis triggered an avalanche of commemoration. What stood out was his commitment to serving the marginalised and, in particular, the incarcerated. As someone who has recently been ...

THE Revd Sarah Chapman was an outstanding pastoral priest who served in four dioceses and was known for gifts of discernment, healing, and prayer ministry. Sarah was born and grew up in Kenya. She ...