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Times has always been independent of the Church of England hierarchy. The paper was started in the 1860s to campaign for Anglo-Catholic principles, but now aims to provide balanced and fair reporting of events and opinions across the whole range of Anglican affairs. The Church Times runs several events, including an annual clergy Cricket Cup, the Festival of Faith and Literature, and the Festival of Preaching. The Train a Priest (TAP) Fund has raised over £4.6 million to support ordinands and their families since it was established in 1952. Other campaigns include the Green Health Awards and the 21 For 21 interfaith awards. Read the Church Times at www.churchtimes.co.uk, via our app for iPhone/iPad, or in print. The print edition is published every Friday.

12/12/2025

The Revd Tim Hastie-Smith was informed about ‘non-recent abuse disclosures’ in 2014

11/12/2025

Lorraine Cavanagh identifies four key gifts for

11/12/2025

“We are better than this,” they said, and urged those who “may be swept-up in movements like this who don’t necessarily buy-in wholesale to what is being said” to “think again”, and to “choose compassion and understanding over hostility and conflict”.

‘Choose compassion and understanding over hostility and conflict,’ they urge

11/12/2025

Sunday’s congregation had gathered to mark the 500th anniversary of Dr Barnes’s sermon, delivered at St Edward’s on Christmas Eve 1525 and billed in publicity this month as one that “helped spark the English Reformation”.

Madeleine Davies reports on a service in Cambridge to remember the address that may have helped spark the English Reformation ✍️

11/12/2025

It is more than welcoming people of different backgrounds, says Christian Selvaratnam

11/12/2025

A complaint against the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, was “not taken forward or appropriately followed up”, Lambeth Palace said in a statement on Thursday

Claim reportedly relates to the diocese of London’s and Bishop Mullally’s handling of an abuse allegation

11/12/2025

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11/12/2025

‘Western civilisation is precious, but it has never has been static’

11/12/2025

Pressure grows for ‘genuine inclusion’ of LGBTQ+ people in Church of England

More than 7000 people sign open letter calling on House of Bishops to rethink LLF plan

More than 7000 people sign open letter calling on House of Bishops to rethink LLF plan

11/12/2025

One hundred of the children who were abducted from a boarding school in north-western last month were reportedly released on Monday — but an estimated 165 children and staff remain unaccounted for

But the fate of the 265 still missing, thought to be in captivity, remains unknown

11/12/2025

Michael Doe reviews an account of the 40 years of Live Aid

11/12/2025

📚 Many questions are unsolved about Holbein, says Nicholas Cranfield

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