The Latest Breaking News from Church of England

Equality campaigners and MPs have complained after the Church of England voted to bless gay civil marriages for the first time.

The Church of England will refuse to allow same-sex couples to get married in its churches under proposals set out on Wednesday in which the centuries-old institution said it would stick to its teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman.

After five years of consultation and debate on the Church’s position on sexuality, bishops have reportedly decided against change

Blythe was ‘deemed a criminal’ until the age or 45 – when homosexuality became legal – says his biographer Ian Collins

Exclusive: David Comissiong, deputy chairperson of the National Task Force on Reparations in Barbados, hailed the Church of England’s “groundbreaking” acknowledgement of its involvement in the mass enslavement of African people

Commons leader says in letter to local bishop that C of E’s position causes ‘pain and trauma’ to LGBTQ+ people

Letter: If the church were truly repentant for how it benefited from the slave trade, it would be putting £1.3bn into its planned compensation fund, writes Dr Steve Cushion

The ordination of the C of E’s first diocesan bishop since 2014 who refuses to ordain women is nothing to celebrate, says vicar Martine Oborne

Tigrayan rebels start handing over their heavy weapons. It's a key condition of a deal signed in November to end a deadly conflict that ravaged Ethiopia for two years. Also, Rwanda says it does not have any intention of banning Congolese refugees, accusing the media of misrepresenting President Paul Kagame's…