In its new guidelines, the Italian Bishops’ Conference says that seminary applicants should undergo “adequate ...

CLIMATE protesters defaced Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey temporarily on Monday, drawing attention to last ...

Artisans of intricate papier-mâché decorations grapple with a sharp decline in business, Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj ...

CHURCH buildings and places of worship have been burned to the ground in the fast-moving wildfires sweeping across parts of California. Among them is St Mark’s Episcopal Church, in Altadena, which was ...

On the podcast this week, Sarah Meyrick introduces an exciting new era for the Church Times, including fresh content and contributors, and the return to a news front-page, reflecting our proud ...

THE rural economy is something that “we in the Church of England are glad to play our part in”, the Bishop of St Albans, Dr ...

CHARITIES will suffer the most as a consequence of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contribution, the House of Lords has been told. During the Second Reading, on Monday, of the National ...

10 Bishop tells porkies about viper he captured before start of mass — not the holiest of utterances! (11) ...

WE WOULD draw special attention to the account we print this week of the ordination of six African priests in Bloemfontein Cathedral. With the natives was one white priest, Brother Felix, who was ...

THE Most Revd Justin Welby was, one episcopal colleague has suggested, “our most efficient Archbishop since Fisher”. Against a backdrop of complaints about increased managerialism in the Church of ...

This week’s selection: praying with the saints; the Queer community and the Church; and the Psalms in an age of distraction “Popular author and illustrator Gregory Cameron offers 31 daily prayers from ...

READERS will spot a few changes in the Church Times this week. You’ll notice that news has returned to the front page, reflecting our proud heritage as an independent newspaper. We’re providing a ...