Church
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Queen's 'constancy' and 'consistency' honoured at thanksgiving service
The Queen was today praised for her "staunch constancy and steadfast consistency" during a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Churches and cathedrals celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee with over 1,000 events
Church of England churches and cathedrals are getting ready to welcome thousands of people to events marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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Archbishop to miss Queen's Platinum Jubilee service due to Covid
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been forced to pull out of a service celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope and Scottish Moderator to make historic peace pilgrimage to South Sudan
The 'Ecumenical Pilgrimage of Peace' will take place from 5 to 7 July.
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Unless the Church of Scotland returns to the Gospel, it will die
Where is the Church of Scotland going? The answer is: to extinction.
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Church of Scotland General Assembly backs calls for ban on conversion therapy
The General Assembly agreed to "urge the Scottish Government to ban conversion therapy and instruct the [Faith Impact] Forum to make representations to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament".
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Church of Scotland votes in favour of allowing ministers to perform same-sex weddings
The Church of Scotland General Assembly has approved legislation that will allow ministers to conduct gay weddings in their churches for the first time.
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Situation is 'urgent and critical' for Church of Scotland amid falling membership and financial challenges
The Church of Scotland must "invest seriously in new ventures, pioneer ministry and Church planting" if it is to rebound from declining membership and serious financial challenges that have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Citing abortion rights, San Francisco Archbishop bars Pelosi from Communion
She is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion 'rights' and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance,' Cordileone wrote.
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Vatican and international community urged to protest arrest of Hong Kong cardinal
Cardinal Joseph Zen, an outspoken critic of Beijing, was detained on Wednesday.
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Martyn Percy quits the Church of England after long-running dispute
Former Christ Church Dean, Martyn Percy, has announced his decision to leave the Church of England, calling it an "unsafe place to work".
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Welby hails 'historic' moment as CofE unveils billion-pound investment for growth
The Church of England is to invest billions of pounds in the next few years as part of a nine-year plan to scale up ministry and mission activity.
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Church of England extends John Smyth review
The Church of England is giving more time to gathering information relating to abuse by the late John Smyth.
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Welby apologises for residential schools in Canada
"I am more sorry than I can say."
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Church of Scotland's drift towards same-sex marriage is 'very sad'
The Christian Institute has called it a "very sad development" after most presbyteries in the Church of Scotland came out in support of same-sex weddings in its church buildings.