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- A group of bishops with a close interest in the Holy Land have welcomed the announcement that the UK has formally recognised a Palestinian state. The Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun, the Church of England’s lead bishop for the Middle East, together with the Bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester and Norwich, said the decision could help...Four bishops welcome recognition of Palestinian state
- A Church of England-backed initiative has been launched to help with the preservation of thousands of stone monuments that feature in churchyards throughout the country. There are believed to be more than 4,000 ‘table top’ tombs, many ornately carved, dating from the 17th to the 19th century, in Diocese of Gloucester churchyards alone, and many...Conservation project launched to preserve ‘table top’ tombs
- A group of Church of England bishops and senior clergy have joined leaders from across denominations in speaking out against any “co-opting or corrupting” of the Christian faith and symbols to exclude others. The bishops of Winchester, Manchester, Southwark, Croydon, Bradford, Woolwich and Kingston were among the signatories to a joint letter from church leaders...Do not ‘co-opt’ the cross to divide: Bishops join church leaders in message after rally
- A declaration that “Christian truth and values” belong at the heart of public life in the UK has been recently launched, in the hope that it will attract 100,000 signatures and trigger a debate in Parliament. The 2025 Westminster Declaration argues for the importance of heterosexual marriage and the “complementarity of men and women”. It...New Westminster Declaration on Christianity in public life
- For the first time, the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board of the C of E (SMMIB) is to fund an online gaming initiative, as part of its agreed £4.8 million of partnerships. Emmaus Gaming (EG), which explores digital evangelism and discipleship through online gaming, has been awarded £468,637 this year. The funding will facilitate...Online gaming initiative to receive grants from £4.8-million funding pool
- Nearly half of parishes across the Church of England will be able to benefit from £11m of investment in partner organisations dedicated to sharing the Christian faith, new figures show. A range of traditions, activities and organisations will be supported through the funding, from expanding an Anglo-Catholic mission network to using social media content to...Church of England partnerships of £11m will benefit nearly half of parishes
- Vatican seeks to become world’s first carbon-neutral state Spurgeon’s College collapses Is there a spiritual revival going on among our young people? Christian concern after UN fails to reach agreement on plastic Millions are still available to help Listed Places of Worship Families are living in ‘daily anxiety’ about finances, says CAP Church-run bereavement course...News (all stories) for October 2025
- The Vatican has signed an agreement with Italy over a 100-million-euro project which will make it fully reliant on solar energy. The Vatican will obtain its electricity from a new agrivoltaics plant at Santa Maria di Galeria. The 1000-acre site north of Rome is currently home to Vatican Radio’s transmission towers. The agreement was signed...Vatican seeks to become world’s first carbon-neutral state
- Spurgeon’s College, the well-known Baptist theological college in south London, recently closed with immediate effect. Founded by the celebrated Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1856, the college has trained thousands of Baptist ministers for ordination for nearly 170 years. But in early August, a brief statement from the Board of Trustees said that a...Spurgeon’s College collapses
- A leading Roman Catholic professor of Pastoral Theology at the University of Vienna thinks that this may well be so. For the Revd Paul Zulehner says that while Church is still losing young people, it is also gaining them. “We’re clearly witnessing a protest against mainstream secularisation, as groups of youngsters yearn for re-spiritualisation or...Is there a spiritual revival going on among our young people?
- The recent UN talks in Geneva were intended to finalise a legally binding agreement for countries to tackle plastic pollution. Almost 190 countries were represented. But despite ten days of negotiations, no consensus was reached. A small number of oil-producing nations, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, blocked key proposals on reducing plastic production and phasing...Christian concern after UN fails to reach agreement on the problem of plastic
- Almost three-quarters of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme funding remains available for the 2025-26 period. With seven months still to go in which applications can be made, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) says that – of the £23 million available — £5,498,850 has been used to date, and there is...Millions are still available to help Listed Places of Worship