1+ day, 35+ min ago  (467+ words) The first female bishop to lead the Church of England in Suffolk says hearing about the experiences of women who were forced to put their babies up for adoption because they were not married made her "weep". Between 1949 and 1976, the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (516+ words) A survivor of forced adoptions has said the apology issued by the Church of England is "poor". Vik Fielder, who lives on the Quantocks in Somerset, was adopted when she was seven days old after her unmarried 18-year-old mother was…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (694+ words) The Church of England has told birth mothers and children affected by historical forced adoptions that it is "profoundly sorry" for its role in the practice. It follows the government confirming on Wednesday that it will make a full apology…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (444+ words) The polling firm Gallup found that the share of young men in America, across various faiths, who said religion was 'very important' to them had jumped from 28 percent to 42 percent in just two years. But recently, professor and data scientist…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1821+ words) Dame Sarah Mullally has been enthroned as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury In her sermon, she acknowledges failures on safeguarding in the Church of England, saying "we hold victims and survivors in our hearts and in our prayers" The…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (590+ words) People in south east England have welcomed the first woman to become Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church of England announced Dame Sarah Mullally as the next archbishop on Friday. Bishop of Dover, the Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, said: "Today we…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (704+ words) The Church of England is planning to issue an apology for its role in historical forced adoption, the BBC has learned. Forced adoptions took place in the three decades after World War Two and involved tens of thousands of babies…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (311+ words) b'ch" 2 Eprel 2026 b" "b'ch" e mere emume T'zde d" ns' n'"wa niile. Nd" otu Kra"st n' na ya b" emume ugbua. Mana g"n" b" "b'ch" Holy Thursday? Holy Thursday b" T'zde d" ns' b" "b'chi ga-efota "b'chi…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (408+ words) Women will ring the bells at Canterbury Cathedral to mark the historic appointment of the Church of England's first female Archbishop of Canterbury. Dame Sarah Mullally was installed as leader of the Anglican church on Wednesday, in front of some…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (151+ words) The service, historically known as an enthronement, marked the symbolic start of Dame Sarah's public ministry as the Archbishop of Canterbury. The first female Archbishop of Canterbury said her teenage self "could never have imagined the future that lay ahead…...