16+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1352+ words) England's Bishop Marcus Stock is currently in the unusual position of overseeing not one but three dioceses. The 64-year-old has served since 2014 as the Bishop of Leeds, a historically influential northern English diocese with around 170, 000 Catholics. Since December 2025, he has…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (902+ words) How should Catholics respond to the installation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the Archbishop of Canterbury, a role that makes her the first woman to lead the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion? To understand the extent to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1137+ words) Is a drive underway to reduce the number of Catholic dioceses in England? That is the question raised by a couple of recent episcopal moves by Pope Leo XIV. On Dec. 22, 2025, the pope accepted the resignation of 76-year-old Bishop Terence Drainey…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (120+ words) Luke Coppen is The Pillar's Senior Correspondent. He edited the U. K. Catholic Herald from 2004 to 2020 and was Europe editor of the Catholic News Agency from 2020 to 2022. Will the new Archbishop of Canterbury impact Anglican-Catholic ties? With its 85 million members in 165 countries,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1665+ words) Earlier this month, a body known as GAFCON " the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans " declared it was "now the Global Anglican Communion." In the Oct. 16 declaration, entitled "The future has arrived," the alliance of conservative Anglican church leaders said it…...