Brother Harold Palmer’s Hermitage at Shepherds Law in Northumberland is a remarkable ecumenical experiment, writes Nigel Aston On a remote hillside in north Northumberland, a remarkable experiment in Catholic Christian ecumenism is taking place through the witness of Brother Harold [...]

Bashar Matti Warda, Archbishop of the Chaldean Diocese of Erbil, addresses General Synod on the plight of Christians in Iraq Thank you very much for inviting me to the General Synod of the Church of England. I am grateful for [...]

Geoffrey Rowell reminds us of the need for prayer and support for our fellow Christians in the Middle East ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us...and we beheld his glory’ (John 1.14). Here is the heart of our [...]

Metropolitan Joseph on the lives of some of the Saints of the first Christian millennium Distinguished members of St Dunstan’s Church, dear guests, dear parishioners, I start by thanking you all for giving me the opportunity to talk to you [...]

Despite its flaws, there are good things in the Green Report, writes Gary Waddington Much opprobrium has been heaped on the ‘Green report’ – Talent Management for Future Leaders and Leadership Development for Bishops and Deans: A New Approach? It [...]

Oliver O’Donovan reflects on how a House of Bishops containing both men and women can function as a collegial body The following is reproduced by kind permission of the author. It is taken from the Preface to the Second Edition [...]

On 2 February Fr Philip North CMP was ordained to the episcopate in York Minster, to serve as Bishop of Burnley in the Diocese of Blackburn. The Archbishop of York presided over the service as a whole, but delegated presidency [...]

As Candlemas marks a turning point in the calendar, it is also time to refocus our attention on flourishing together as one church, writes Hannah Cleugh Candlemas marks a turning point. The Epiphany season ends with the infant Christ placed [...]