THE number of students taking Religious Studies (RS) GCSE in England and Wales fell by 2.6 per cent this year — but it remains a popular subject that requires more specialist teachers, the Religious ...

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CHRIS BRAIN, the founder of a Sheffield “rave church” movement, the Nine O’Clock Service (NOS), has been found guilty of ...

Terence Capstick, aged 75, of Park Road, Winslow was sentenced to four years for two counts of fraud by abuse of position ...

CIDER- and cheese-makers from across Somerset will be setting up their stalls in Wells Cathedral, next month, for its first ...

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The Church TimesThe Revd Dr Malcolm Guite is a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and writes the weekly Poet’s Corner column for the Church Times. His books include Mariner: A voyage with ...

Religious leaders warn against ‘reducing everything to the issue of territories’ in response to high-level talks in the ...

SEVEN people were killed by Israeli drone-fire on the Anglican Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday, after damage and ...

The Church TimesPresident of Kenya defends plans to build $9.3m church at his official residence in Nairobi ...

The Church TimesThe Revd Rosalind Brown is Residentiary Canon and Canon Librarian of Durham Cathedral, having previously trained people for ordination in Salisbury. She studied at London University ...