Archbishop of Dublin launches pulpit broadside against France over place of religion   Preaching at a service earlier this month in Oxford as part of the annual conference of the British-Irish Association (BIA), the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Michael Jackson, took the opportunity…

US Cathedral takes aim at gun violence Seven people were killed in Cincinnati, Ohio, by gun violence in the month of August alone. In 2016, there have been 63 homicides in this city of 300,000 people. Christ Church Cathedral has responded by placing a 20’…

Bishop Seppo Häkkinen Posted 15 September 2016 Partaharjun activity, the pilgrimage path and ‘barrier-free nature’, received the 2016 Award of the Finnish Church Council for environmental education. The award was presented by Bishop Seppo Häkkinen of the Diocese of Mikkeli. Partaharjun activity in Pieksämäki, eastern…

Good wishes from Church of Ireland as nine new Educate Together schools open in the Republic Dr Ken Fennelly, Secretary of the General Synod Board of Education (Republic of Ireland), has expressed congratulations to nine new Educate Together schools – four at primary (national school)…

Faith-based advocacy has contributed to UN report’s call to ban nuclear weapons, says WCC official A United Nations working group’s report, adopted on 19th August and calling for the negotiation of “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons” was partly the fruit of “faith-based…

Archbishop Clarke sees Brexit Prayer Book change prospect Book of Common Prayer’s Litany petition, “Bless the European Union, and draw us closer to one another in justice and freedom” (Litany [Two], Section 4, BCP 2004, p.177), in the post-Brexit vote context in churches in Northern…