May 1, 2008 Welsh clergy block approval of women bishops

Welsh Anglican clergy narrowly voted on April 2 against a measure to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate. The measure was supported unanimously by their bishops.At a meeting of the Church in Wales synod, the bill to...

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April 1, 2008 Donations allow valuable artifact to remain in English hands

The library at Lambeth Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has acquired a copy of the warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the best-known and dramatic events in British...

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March 1, 2008 Big shoes to fill

Clowns and the congregation listen to the sermon during the annual Grimaldi Service Feb. 3 at Holy Trinity Church in London. The event brings together professional clowns from Britain and Europe in a service of remembrance to the...

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March 1, 2008 Holocaust memorial

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, marked Holocaust Day 2008 (Jan. 27) by attending a national ceremony in Liverpool which this year is a European Capital of Culture. The...

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February 1, 2008 ‘Walking school bus’ idea wins parish green award

The first parish in England to be named the Green Church of the Year took steps to reduce its carbon footprint 18 months ago with a “walking school bus” scheme for adults to walk children to school rather than driving them there.

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January 2, 2008 Churches target thieves

Churches in the east of England are taking measures to prevent theft of the metal from their roofs. Anglican churches in the area made more than 270 claims in 2007 totalling £900,000 ($1.3 million Cdn.), reports the BBC...

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December 1, 2007 Church leaders call for abortion review

To mark the 40th anniversary on Oct. 27 of Britain’s 1967 Abortion Act that legalized abortion in specified circumstances, church leaders called for a re-examination of the situation.

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November 1, 2007 Foreign priests in U.K. undergo training in ‘Britishness’

A three-week course designed to introduce foreign priests to the British way of doing things in the Roman Catholic church has opened at Ushaw College outside Durham in Northumberland, England.

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October 1, 2007 Hindus protest yoga ban at two UK churches

Leaders of Britain’s Hindu community are expressing disbelief and outrage at claims by two English church ministers that yoga should be banned after saying that the meditative exercise is a sham and not compatible with Christianity.

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July 3, 2007 Clerics rate Blair

The two senior leaders of the Church of England paid tribute recently to British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s religious commitment but voiced concern over his decision to embark on military action in Iraq.

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