Seventeen-year-old Max Stenner, who is studying at a Dorset school, has written a manifesto for Christian Democracy UK

The heavy workloads of the Bishops of Beverley and Ebbsfleet, who provide episcopal ministry to parishes with a conservative stance on the ordination of women, require extra support, an independent review has concluded.

The far Right’s use of Christian symbols and language is worrying, says Richard Harries

Poet's Corner @malcolmguite.bsky.social sees a comic opera in the ruins of an old priory church

A widow has been granted permission to exhume the cremated remains of her late husband’s first wife to make room for his body to be buried in the same grave.

Anne Spalding reviews Tasting Wisdom: A daily companion for meditation by Laurence Freeman 📚🧘‍♀️ #BookReview #Meditation

Richard Harries reads wartime letters from the poet T. S. Eliot 📚 #Review #Books #Poet

This week's leader comment: The Church in Wales faces “seismic change” as new Archbishop, the Most Revd Cherry Vann, urges focus on core purpose amid ongoing pain

This week's UK news in brief Read below 👇

Andrew Davison marks #Michaelmas with an angelic etymology 👼

The decision by Karnataka state, in south-west India, to drop 57 Christian sub-castes from its current socio-educational survey has triggered sharp reactions from political leaders, activists, and the Christian community

Panentheistic beliefs are present among Christian climate advocates and activists, new research suggests. Survey respondents tended to agree that “God is embodied in the world and universe, rather than separate from it"

Education and empowerment — not simply restrictions — are vital to digital safeguarding, writes Judith Davey-Cole

Uladzimir Matskevich reflects on the sustaining power of faith during imprisonment following his release and deportation

The C of E must show that it truly cares about Palestinian Christians, says Xavier Abu Eid

As civic ties fray, can we model how to disagree well, asks Marcus Walker

Letters to the editor ✉️ Topics this week include past and future #Archbishops; the ‘unity march’; and recognition of #Palestine

"As a child, I was always aware of 29 September and the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, coming, as it did, when the leaves were turning gold, and there were acorns and horse chestnuts on the ground," writes Angela Tilby

The latest issue of the Church Times is out today 🗞️ A growing number of church leaders have condemned the “misuse” of Christian symbols by “racist” and “far-Right” protesters. And a new pressure group, Christian Democracy UK, has been launched. Read the full stories and latest news online 🛜

Anglicans working in different global contexts have spoken of the ways in which they engage from day to day with people of other faiths. Their remarks were part of the penultimate webinar following up the 12 Lambeth Conference “Calls” from 2022

A private member’s motion on local ministry costs, brought by the Archdeacon of St Davids, the Ven. Mones Farah (St Davids), to the Governing Body of the Church in Wales last week, led to frank admissions of financial struggles in dioceses

Compensation of £3000 has been offered to each of those affected by the data breach that revealed the email addresses of those who had signed up for updates on the Church of England’s Redress Scheme #redress #databreach

A growing number of church leaders have this week condemned the “misuse” of Christian symbols by “racist” and “far-Right” protesters #farright #racism #churchnews

The Archbishop of York, the Primates of Scotland and Wales, and the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, are among 30 church leaders who have called for Israel’s “deadly escalation” of the war in Gaza to stop.

Jayne Manfredi reviews Michael Palin in Venezuela and #StrictlyComeDancing 📺 #TVReview #Travel #BBC 🇻🇪💃🪩

Critics suggest that Representative Body statement, issued on 1 July in response to the situation at #Bangor Cathedral, had been beyond its remit

Fifty #pilgrims undertook a six-mile “Constable Country Pilgrimage of Song” starting with bacon sandwiches and a music workshop in #Stratford St Mary Church, and walking between the churches of East Bergholt, #Dedham, #Flatford, and #Lawford 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

A former and current #Archbishop presented opposing views on assisted dying on Friday, on the second of two days of debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords #HouseofLords

Churches and ecumenical organisations have accused the #EuropeanUnion of ignoring the rights of #migrants and #refugees in its new policy goals, and of distorting economic and social priorities in a quest for “competitiveness and global leadership”

Amid cuts to statutory services, churches are well placed to serve as early responders to families in need, “before thresholds are met, before trust is broken, and before families reach breaking point”, a new report says

What are priorities for the next Archbishop of Canterbury? Francis Martin considers the most pressing issues that are awaiting the attention of the next Primate Read the full article at churchtimes.co.uk 👇 #churchtimes #nextABC #archbishopofcanterbury #archbishop106

Ronald Blythe's Akenfield is being turned into a play. Catherine Larner meets the makers

Churches and ecumenical organisations have accused the #EuropeanUnion of ignoring the rights of #migrants and #refugees in its new policy goals, and of distorting economic and social priorities in a quest for “competitiveness and global leadership”

Amid cuts to statutory services, churches are well placed to serve as early responders to families in need, “before thresholds are met, before trust is broken, and before families reach breaking point”, a new report says

A farmer’s woes bring to @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind some prescient #Shakespeare

As the annoucement of the next Archbishop of Canterbury approaches, Madeleine Davies asks whether it is time to review the drift towards managerialism #primatesportfolio #archbishopofcanterbury

Rosie Dawson reviews two programmes about #Wales, #art, and love offered some welcome respite in a week otherwise dominated by noisy discussion about speech and its consequences #Radio #Reviews 📻🎨

Stay informed about the stories that matter to you 🗞️ Sign up to the free Church Times newsletter to get the latest news, views, events, and offers straight to your inbox. churchtimes.co.uk/newsletter-signup #churchtimes #churchnews #newsletter

The assertion by the Bishop of #Portsmouth, that “If we don’t have our safeguarding house in order, then we should simply close the doors,” has been praised in an audit of his diocese which identifies a “transformation” in safeguarding culture

“With a deficit of trust identified in several Church-wide reviews, and debates about power and accountability surfacing repeatedly in the General Synod, Archbishop Welby’s successor will be under more pressure than ever to show humility.” #nextABC #archbishopofcanterbury #canterbury106

The Representative Body (RB) of the Church in #Wales has come under fire for the statement that it issued on 1 July in response to the situation at #Bangor Cathedral

Faith groups are assisting a state response to floods, Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina report

This week, Jayne Manfredi reviews Michael Palin in Venezuela and #Strictly 📺 #TVReview #Travel #BBC 🇻🇪💃🪩

Cally Hammond reflects on the lectionary readings for 28 September

Lucy Winkett on a prayer by the metaphysical poet John Donne

Peter Selby reviews Celebrating Forty Years of “Faith in the City”, edited by Terry Drummond and Joseph Forde 📚 #Bookreview #Faith

What might global Anglicans expect from a new Primate of All England, Jesse Zink asks #primatesportfolio #ArchbishopOfCanterbury

Christians who survived attempts by IS jihadists to drive them from their homeland in #Iraq united in #Erbil last week for a joint celebration of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a decade after tens of thousands of families took refuge there

Governing Body members express views on whether to let the current liturgy lapse, make it a permanent rite, or move towards equal marriage #samesexmarriage #churchinwales #samesexblessings #welshgoverningbody

The UK’s recognition of Palestinian statehood has been welcomed by a group of bishops, who said that it “does not reward terrorism, but rather it undercuts extremist narratives and strengthens moderates” #palestinianstatehood #churchnews #palestine #bishops