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‘Thy Kingdom Come’ – global prayer movement marks ten years Abortion law changes: Bishops take part in House of Lords debate Russian clerics want more Ukrainian land, and praise the Ayatollah World Council of Churches condemns Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children Vatican says people with Down syndrome are of ‘equal dignity’ Bible Society says...

This year the global prayer movement Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) will take place from Thursday 14th to Sunday 24thMay. Spanning the 11 days between Ascension and Pentecost, the initiative encourages Christians to pray for five people whom they know (friends, families, neighbours) to come to faith. This year is a special one for Thy Kingdom...

Eleven bishops joined a recent late night sitting in the House of Lords to debate proposed changes to the law on abortion. A clause in the Crime and Policing Bill, inserted in the House of Commons last year, will disapply the existing criminal law for women who access an abortion outside the legal limits. This...

A senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kirill (Pokrovsky) of Stavropol, has recently called for Russia to move in and occupy even more Ukrainian territory. His call came as the war entered its fifth year. Metropolitan Kirill is the Church’s director for relations with the armed forces. He said: “If the Western satanists...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has responded with grave concern to a recent United Nations commission that has confirmed Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children. “These actions are a shocking violation of the God-given dignity of every child and the sanctity of family bonds”, said the WCC’s general secretary, the Revd Professor Jerry Pillay....

The Vatican has affirmed that a person with Down syndrome has the same dignity and sacred value as any other. It firmly rejects prenatal screening and the selective termination of pregnancies, where the condition has been diagnosed in the unborn child. The Holy See’s Apostolic Nuncio in Geneva, Archbishop Balestrero, said that “persons with Down...

The Bible Society has said that the survey sample on which its report the Quiet Revival was  based was “faulty, and it can no longer be regarded as a reliable source of information about the spiritual landscape in Britain”. In a recent statement, the Bible Society’s CEO, Paul Williams, said: “We are. . . deeply...

Those of us who enjoy visiting Betws-y-Coed will be glad to know that the bells at St Mary’s Church in Betws-y-Coed were rung for the first time at a church service this Easter, following the completion of a major restoration project. Although the church was built with plans for a full ring of bells, that...

The new Archbishop of Canterbury’s first Presidential Address National drive to welcome Hong Kong Christians in churches is launched Church choirs receive £400,000 boost for programme   C of E welcomes Government’s Schools White Paper announcements ‘Still a ‘long way’ to go on working class vocations,’ Synod hears Synod approves motion confirming LLF programme Millions face...

 These are some highlights from the first Presidential Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, at the February 2026 General Synod group of sessions. I stand here among you by no means for the first time, but for the first time as the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is a humbling privilege to be called...

A new body to support the rapid growth of Hong Kong Christians in C of E parishes has been set up. Hong Kongers in the Church of England includes representatives from the C of E’s Racial Justice Unit, the Diocese of Oxford and the Teahouse group of Chinese heritage clergy. A Hong Kong Communities Enabler, Katie Woo, has also been...

More than 200 church choirs aimed at children and young people are to be launched in a new programme. ‘The Choir Project’, working in partnership with the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), will engage children and young people with their local church choirs amid renewed interest in sacred church music. The launch comes as...