Together Alliance protests against Christian nationalism in London march MORE than 1000 Christians and people of other faiths marched against so-called Christian nationalism in a demonstration through London on Saturday organised by the Together Alliance. The Bishop of Croydon, Dr Rosemarie Mallet, who took part at a s...

More than 1000 Christians and people of other faiths marched against so-called Christian nationalism in a demonstration through London on Saturday organised by the #TogetherAlliance

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Archbishop of Canterbury to visit West Africa in the summer THE Archbishop of Canterbury is to visit the Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa “to strengthen the ties between the See of Canterbury and the Province”. Archbishop Mullally will visit Ghana and Cameroon from 26 July to 8 August. The in...

The #ArchbishopOfCanterbury is to visit the Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa “to strengthen the ties between the See of Canterbury and the Province”.

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Sunday’s Readings: Easter Day Acts 10.34-43 or Jeremiah 31.1-6; Psalm 118.1-2,14-24; Colossians 3.1-4 or Acts 10.34-43; John 20.1-18 or Matthew 28.1-10 IN MATTHEW’s resurrection Gospel, Mary Magdalene and another Mary go to the tomb. This is a variation on John’s version, with...

Cally Hammond reflects on the lectionary readings for 5 April 📖

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Historic England grants more than £1 million to repair three church buildings in London TWO “at risk” churches in London, and the Sunday school at the Union Chapel, Islington, are to be awarded funding worth more than £1 million by Historic England to help with repair works. The three sites are currently on the Heritage at Risk Regis...

Two “at risk” churches in London, and the Sunday school at the Union Chapel, Islington, are to be awarded funding worth more than £1 million by #HistoricEngland to help with repair works

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Podcast: Peter Hitchens on why he is an Anglican On this edition of the podcast, Peter Hitchens is interviewed by Church Times staff writer James Macintyre. Mr Hitchens is one of the most well-known — and well-travelled — columnists and commentators in Britain. He has worked in the journalism tr...

PODCAST: The conservative commentator #PeterHitchens talks to James Macintyre

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Peter Hitchens: ‘I began to meet women who’d been ordained . . . and thought: what can possibly be wrong with that?’ PETER HITCHENS, an Anglican conservative commentator and columnist for the Mail titles, has spoken about how he came, on the basis of his reading of scripture, to appreciate the ordination of women. He said that female priests had rescued the Chur...

Peter Hitchens: ‘I began to meet women who’d been ordained . . . and thought: what can possibly be wrong with that?’

Commentator distances himself from far-Right ‘Christian’ nationalism

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Sunday’s Readings: Good Friday Isaiah 52.13-53.12; Psalm 22; Hebrews [10.16-25 or] 4.14-16; 5.7-9; John 18.1-19.42 THE Passion is action-packed. People move from scene to scene: garden, prison, palace, hillside. There is violence and cruelty: scourging, mockery, shame. Tense se...

Cally Hammond reflects on the lectionary readings for 3 April 📖

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TV review: Power: The downfall of Huw Edwards and Last One Laughing POWER: The downfall of Huw Edwards (Channel 5, Tuesday) is a feature-length drama about the disgraced former BBC newsreader, who, in 2024, was convicted of making indecent images of children. He also groomed a young man, who was just 17 when it be...

Jayne Manfredi watches a feature-length drama about the disgraced former BBC newsreader, and the return of the successful British comedy reality series 📺

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Archbishop’s new chaplain hails ‘wonderful moment in the life of the Church’ THE Archbishop of Canterbury introduced herself by her first name to schoolchildren as a “sense of humility in coming before God”, the incoming chaplain to the Archbishop, the Revd Claire Dowding, said after Archbishop Mullally’s installation on W...

Archbishop’s new chaplain hails ‘wonderful moment in the life of the Church’

Amelia Braddick reports from outside of #CanterburyCathedral after Archbishop Mullally’s installation

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Joy, pomp, and pageantry as Archbishop Mullally is installed in Canterbury SIX months after the announcement in Canterbury Cathedral that the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, had been nominated as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury (News, 10 October 2025), the new Primate returned to the city to be installed...

Joy, pomp, and pageantry as Archbishop Mullally is installed in #Canterbury

Church Times Editor Sarah Meyrick reports from #CanterburyCathedral

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‘Nothing will be impossible’ Archbishop Mullally says in her installation sermon THE Church and its people must strive, like the Blessed Virgin Mary, to have the “audacity” to believe and trust in the promises of God, the Most Revd Sarah Mullally said in her first sermon in her cathedral after being installed as the 106th — an...

The Church and its people must strive, like the Blessed Virgin Mary, to have the “audacity” to believe and trust in the promises of God, the Most Revd Sarah Mullally said in her first sermon after being installed as the 106th — and first female — #ArchbishopofCanterbury

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The Creed was said and interfaith prayers were offered

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Archbishop Mullally, who is visibly emotional, is installed as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Cathedra in the Quire by the Archdeacon of Canterbury

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A royal fanfare sounds as the Prince and Princess of Wales are escorted to their places

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The Archbishop of Canterbury is due to be enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral during a service beginning at 3 p.m. today.

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Mullally prepares for installation in Canterbury Cathedral MORE than 2000 people will be in Canterbury Cathedral this week to attend the installation of the Most Revd Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. The service, on Wednesday, the Feast of the Annunciation, will be attended by the Pri...

Today, more than 2000 people will be in #CanterburyCathedral to attend the installation of the Most Revd Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury

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Join us for the 2026 Festival of Preaching, which aims to inspire, nurture and celebrate all who are called to proclaim the gospel today. The 3-day event offers a stimulating and varied programme of worship, lectures, and workshops.

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Fiction round-up: Vigil by George Saunders; Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo; A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia

📚 In this month's #fiction round-up, Susan Gray reviews three springtime reads:

📖 Vigil by George Saunders
📖 Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo
📖 A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia

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‘Walk with Jesus’ rally in Liverpool fails to take off in face of opposition HUNDREDS of anti-racist counter-protesters effectively thwarted a UK Independence Party (UKIP) “Walk with Jesus Rally” in Liverpool on Saturday. Church leaders from across the city had condemned the planned rally (News, 19 March). UKIP had invited...

Hundreds of anti-racist counter-protesters effectively thwarted a UK Independence Party (UKIP) “Walk with Jesus Rally” in Liverpool on Saturday. Church leaders from across the city had condemned the planned rally

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Royal aide speaks of ‘quiet faith’ of Prince of Wales THE Prince of Wales’s connection to the Church of England “runs deep and is grounded in something personal and sincere”, an aide told The Sunday Times this week. Three days before the Prince and Princess of Wales were due to attend the enthronemen...

The Prince of Wales’s connection to the #ChurchofEngland “runs deep and is grounded in something personal and sincere”, an aide told The Sunday Times this week

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Mullally prepares for installation and enthronement in Canterbury Cathedral MORE than 2000 people will be in Canterbury Cathedral this week to attend the installation of the Most Revd Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. The service, on Wednesday, the Feast of the Annunciation, will be attended by the Pri...

More than 2000 people will be in #CanterburyCathedral this week to attend the installation of the Most Revd Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury

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Dr Andrew Rumsey to be Bishop of St Albans THE next Bishop of St Albans is to be Dr Andrew Rumsey, who has been the Area Bishop of Ramsbury, in the diocese of Salisbury, since 2019, Downing Street announced on Thursday. He succeeds Dr Alan Smith, who retired last May (News, 10 January 2025...

The next Bishop of St Albans is to be Dr Andrew Rumsey, who has been the Area Bishop of Ramsbury, in the diocese of Salisbury, since 2019, Downing Street announced on Thursday

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Church of Scotland Moderator welcomes rejection of assisted-dying Bill THE Scottish Parliament’s rejection of a Bill to legalise assisted dying has been welcomed by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Revd Rosie Frew, and by Christian campaigners in the country. On Tuesday evening,...

The Scottish Parliament’s rejection of a Bill to legalise assisted dying has been welcomed by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Revd Rosie Frew, and by Christian campaigners in the country

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Archbishop Mullally begins pilgrimage to Canterbury THE Archbishop of Canterbury set out on a six-day pilgrimage on foot from London to Canterbury Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon, as part of the spiritual preparation for her installation there next Wednesday. Archbishop Mullally is walking the 87-mi...

After a short service of blessing, the Archbishop, wearing walking clothes and a pectoral cross, emerged from St Paul’s Cathedral to cheers and applause

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Vatican hopes for end to surrogacy ‘in all its forms’ THE Vatican has called for an end to surrogacy worldwide, saying that it risks reducing children to “commodified products” and women to “service providers”. “The issue of surrogacy is an urgent one — the technology and practice have run laps aroun...

The #Vatican has called for an end to #surrogacy worldwide, saying that it risks reducing children to “commodified products” and women to “service providers”

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Archbishop of Canterbury offers prayers for families bereaved in meningitis outbreak in Kent THE Archbishop of Canterbury has offered her prayers for the families of the two young people who died from meningitis in Kent on Sunday. An 18-year-old, named only as Juliette, and a 21-year-old university student, who has not been identified, bo...

The #ArchbishopofCanterbury has offered her prayers for the families of the two young people who died from #meningitis in #Kent on Sunday

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Professor warns of ‘scary’ cuts to university theology departments THE cuts to university theology and religion departments should be of greater concern to the Church, the F. D. Maurice Professor at King’s College, London (KCL), has said. Speaking after the launch of A Short History of the Department of Theology ...

The cuts to #university #theology and #religion departments should be of greater concern to the Church, the F. D. Maurice Professor at King’s College, London (KCL), has said

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