Churches reject charge they naively accept fake conversions in bogus asylum claims, explain complexity of testing faith and hear calls for stronger guidance to clergy
RMC briefing discusses fears that the shake-up of public service broadcasting in the Media Bill, which omits a requirement to cover religion, will accelerate the decline of religion programming
Timeline showing key moments in the Church of England’s attempts to introduce safeguarding measures amid a flow of sex abuse cases over the past 35 years
Reviewing the leadership of Justin Welby as he marks his tenth anniversary as Archbishop of Canterbury, steering the CofE through ten turbulent years
Background and context of split in Anglican Communion as the Global South Fellowship Association rejects leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury over same sex blessings
The consecration of three Anglican bishops in Hull is a step on a slow journey towards creating a new Anglican denomination for members of the Church of England against same sex marriage.
A proposed legal obligation to report child abuse has reopened a bitter debate over whether priests must break the historic confidentiality of confession.
Productive new relationships are forming between councils and faith groups, from emergency provision to wider social projects
Quakers are a small Christian-derived religious community, focused on non-hierarchical, spontaneous experience of God in worship and social justice activism in the world. It grew out of the religious and social upheaval in 17th century England and is now present around the globe
The Church of England has been locked in bitter internal debate over LGBT issues and same-sex marriage since 1987. This is a review of how the arguments progressed
