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The Church of England’s most senior clergyman has attacked Brexit and told Britons they must welcome mass immigration in an extraordinary political opinion piece.

The BBC has attacked Anglicans after a study revealed that nearly nine out of 10 want immigration levels “reduced”, claiming that Christianity demands support for open borders.

The Church of England has rejected a proposal for a new service to mark a congregant’s sex change – but has given the nod to using an existing ‘reaffirmation’ baptism service, instead.

The Bishop of Liverpool has attacked Christians who support President Donald J. Trump and “a system which builds walls instead of bridges.”

The Church of England has responded to criticism of the sexualisation of infant students wearing the Islamic headscarf by encouraging its schools to continue setting “culturally and religiously sensitive” uniform policies.

The Church of England has said schools should encourage young children to experiment with their “gender identity”, in its new guidance on bullying.

Tory MPs have urged the Church of England to “get on with” plans to drive up the percentage of ethnic minorities among its clergy members. During questions to the church’s representative in the Commons, Caroline Spelman, on Thursday, three politicians

The Scottish Episcopal Church has responded to sanctions from the worldwide Anglican communion on its decision to perform gay marriages in church with the pro-LGBT maxim: “Love means love.”

A family in Britain has pulled their children out of a Church of England primary school, after their six-year-old son’s classmate was allowed to wear a dress to school and identify “as a girl some days and as a boy other days.”

For the first time, more than half of the Britons describe themselves as having “no religion”, with just 15 per cent of respondents considering themselves a member of the Church of England.

AFP — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Sunday declared Sudan the 39th province of the worldwide Anglican Communion, six years after the predominantly Christian south gained independence from the north. The Anglican church in Sudan, a majority Muslim country,

More than 90 per cent of Christians in the UK believe their faith is being marginalized in British society, a survey has revealed.

The Church of England demanded that Britain slashes the fee to apply for citizenship, declaring the £1,282 charge to be “prohibitive” to low-paid migrants.

The General Synod of the Church of England has voted to ‘welcome transgender people’ by considering preparing a church service as a way to “mark a person’s gender transition”.

LONDON (AP) — The Church of England “colluded” with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops, the head of the church said Thursday. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized to

An official of the Church of England suggested that it may allow transgender Christians to be “re-christened” under their new names following a sex change.

The Church of England must step up security to protect staff and worshippers as they could be targeted as Britain faces a “severe” threat of terror from Islamist attackers, an expert in church security has said.

The decline of the Church of England may have been arrested by a rise in patriotism, according to a report by a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.

The Church of England has called for parents to lose the right to withdraw their children from religious education classes – because some parents are apparently using it to pull their children out of lessons on Islam.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is a “Good Samaritan” who is “giving a voice to the silent”, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

The Church of England is to appoint a new bishop to reach out to ethnic minorities amid claims it is too “quintessentially English”.

A bishop in the Church of England has been forced to decline a new appointment following an outcry from liberals opposed to his view on women priests.

The Church of England’s main legislative body has rejected a report saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman, plunging the church into a new crisis.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested that Brexit and the election of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president are symptomatic of a rise in nationalist, fascist politics globally.

A report by the Church of England’s Bishops laying out the Church’s stance on gay marriage is likely to be vetoed by the Synod as both conservative and liberals oppose it – for conflicting reasons. The report, Marriage and Same

Muslims outnumber Christian pupils in more than 30 church schools nationwide, including one which proudly proclaims to have a “100 per cent Muslim population”.

Britain could be an Islamic nation in a few generations and the Church of England is facing extinction, a former chaplain to the Queen has said.

The Church of England’s doctrine on marriage will not be changed to accommodate same sex relationships, but church teaching should offer “fresh thought” in line with society’s changed attitudes to sexuality, a report from the House of Bishops has said.

Less than a week after one of the Queen’s Chaplains spoke out against an Islamic Prayer denying the divinity of Jesus Christ being read out in a Scottish Cathedral, the senior churchman has tendered his resignation from that office. Former Chaplain

Gloucester Cathedral has provoked controversy by hosting an event featuring the Islamic call to prayer, as well as Buddhist chanting, Rasta drumming, and a Pagan rock band.

The number of Britons who believe in God has fallen by four percentage points in under two years, a new survey on religious attitudes has found, leaving atheism to pull significantly ahead.

The Church of England is run by out-of-touch academics and elites who are scared of patriotism and failing to protect the family, a bishop has said.

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A Church of England vicar has been defrocked after his wife exposed his life of group sex and visits to gay brothels. A Church of England tribunal in London heard how the Reverend James Meredith Day’s behaviour led to his

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church attacked the Church of England’s “liberalisation” at a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury earlier this week. Patriarch Kirill raised “serious concerns” with Justin Welby over the Anglican Church’s decision to ordain women

For the first time in nearly 500 years, the Pope and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury will join in public prayers Wednesday, an event that hasn’t taken place since the Church of England broke from Rome in the 16th century.