09 Feb 2018
The Church of England General Synod has voted in favour of a motion welcoming the joint report, Mission and Ministry in Covenant, co-written by the two Churches’ faith and order bodies and published last year, which sets out proposals for intercommunion and the...
08 Feb 2018
On 6 February, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York announced the formal response from the House of Bishops to Sir Philip Mawer’s independent review into the nomination to the See of Sheffield. The House of Bishops “whole-heartedly” accepted all four of the review’s...
04 Feb 2018
The Candlemas 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download
23 Jan 2018
We previously noted the Report of the Independent Review by Lord Carlile of Berriew QC into the Church of England’s handling of the accusations against Bishop George Bell, in which Lord Carlile concluded that, though the Church had ‘acted throughout in good faith’ and...
18 Jan 2018
The Church of England’s Cathedrals Working Group has published a draft report. The report’s principal recommendations Mission and ecclesiology There are many ways to improve relationships and joint-working between cathedrals, bishops, dioceses and National...
11 Jan 2018
The Society’s first London Lecture of 2018 was delivered by Philip Petchey, Chancellor of the Diocese of Southwark, on 10 January, to a full lecture room at Winckworth Sherwood. The illustrated lecture examined in detail five important faculty cases, all from...
