New guidance aimed at preventing sham marriages in the Church of England is being sent to clergy and legal officers by the House of Bishops. The guidance has been agreed with the UK Border Agency and was today approved by Immigration Minister Damian Green.
12 April 2011
By Anna Morrell, Archbishop's Media Officer, Church in Wales.
Help to make church a friendlier place for children and young families is the aim of a new website packed with resources for Sunday School leaders and playgroup organisers.
12 April 2011
The Japanese Community in Dublin in association with Dublin City Council and St. Patrick’s Cathedral will hold an event to commemorate the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami and to provide an opportunity for people to show Ireland’s solidarity with Japan.
07 April 2011
The Church in Wales has warned politicians that it is running out of space to bury its dead and needs a co-ordinated policy to tackle the issue seriously.
06 April 2011
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has welcomed calls made in the House of Commons today to make St George’s Day a national holiday.
06 April 2011
Statement by The Most Revd Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh, and the Rt Revd Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
05 April 2011
The second meeting of the Steering Group of TEAC 2 (Theological Education in the Anglican Communion) took place in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 17 – 24 2011, at the invitation of Bishop Chad Gandiya, Anglican Bishop of Harare and a member of the Steering Group.
29 March 2011
On the first day of this year's Standing Committee meeting, the members heard reports on the Primates' Meeting, Anglican Communion communications and Continuing Indaba.
26 March 2011
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, today welcomed the Government's decision to opt in on the EU Directive on Human Trafficking.
23 March 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today welcomed senior church leaders and international development agencies at Lambeth Palace to pledge that the church will play a part in ending sexual violence and to launch a Tearfund report 'Silent No More'.
22 March 2011