Former Hampton vicar admits online sex offenses against police decoy posing as 13-year-old
A former Church of England vicar in south-west London has pleaded guilty to sending sexual messages and explicit photographs of himself to an undercover police investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl. The Rev. Ben Lovell, 44, former vicar of St Mary’s Church, Hampton, and forme
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Primate sends Archbishop of the Niger on six months’ leave as Ibezim takes the Church of Nigeria to court
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Completion of the work of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC III)
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“A Church Held by God’s Steadfast Love and Renewed for Faithful Witness”: Charge to the 38th Provincial Synod by Archbishop Makgoba
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A Call to Prayer: Standing Against Violence in Our Nation (South Africa)
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we look at the current state of our nation, our hearts are heavy. South Africa is grieving. The ongoing tragedy of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) continues to claim the lives of women across our communities, and a recent spate of
More than £13 million of awards in first round of Places of Worship Renewal Fund
More than £13 million has been awarded to Church of England churches in the first round of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund. A total of 37 churches including Birmingham and Newcastle Cathedrals have been made awards amounting to £13.3 million, with grants ranging from just unde
