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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...

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...

 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...

Many parents on low incomes are worried about how they will cope financially this winter. A recent report from CAP, Child Poverty: Insights into the real challenges families across the UK are facing, found that “the weight of responsibility and pressure to provide for children is a heavy burden” for many, and that “parents sometimes go...

 A church-run bereavement course is having a “profound and wide-reaching impact on adults of all ages,” according to a recent independent evaluation. The Bereavement Journey, run by the Christian charity AtaLoss, is “addressing a national need for bereavement support”, and is “ideal for the significant majority — 85-90 per cent — of bereaved people who...

 Religious Studies (RS) GCSE in England and Wales fell by 2.6 per cent this year, but it still remains a popular subject.  And the Religious Education Council (REC) of England and Wales is calling for more specialist teachers. The REC said in a recent statement that RS was “the seventh most widely taken subject in...

The Baptist Union of Great Britain with BMS World Mission have launched a new church resource to help those considering “an ongoing blessing to support God’s mission both in the UK and overseas.” Called I WILL, the material is flexible and could be used for a one-off Sunday focus through to an entire series looking...

Archbishop of York’s Presidential Address to General Synod Gaza food system ‘like Hunger Games’ – Archbishop Hosam Pray for Armed Forces amid ‘uncertain’ times, General Synod hears General Synod calls for a funding of palliative care General Synod approves redress scheme for survivors  Synod backs national spending plans for next three years Synod approves transformation...

Archbishop Stephen delivered the Presidential Address at the opening of the July General Synod group of sessions in York: I think it was Graham Greene who said, ‘If you are going to jump, make sure the water is deep.’ As I have spent a working lifetime of ministry reflecting on both the theology and the...

 A senior Army officer has urged the Church to pray for and support members of the Armed Forces “who put themselves in harm’s way to protect our nation”. In a recent address to the General Synod, Brigadier Jaish Mahan, Deputy Commander of the 1st UK Division – who has served in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq...

The leader of the Anglican church in the Holy Land has urged Christians to “speak out in the face of injustices” – including the “horrifying’ current arrangements for food aid in Gaza” – as he called for a permanent ceasefire to end the war. The Most Revd Hosam Naoum, the Archbishop in Jerusalem, was addressing...

General Synod has called on the Government to improve funding for “desperately needed” palliative care, rather than putting vulnerable people at risk through “unworkable and unsafe” legislation to introduce assisted suicide. Members of the Synod recently backed a call by the Bishop of London for the Government to increase funding for palliative care and palliative...