Dioceses are also to receive more funds with the aim of easing financial stress and providing breathing space “as they pursue ...

The General Synod of the Church of England voted overwhelming in favor of a motion to allow blessings on gay couples amid a contentious debate in U.K.'s established church.

UPDATE: After Synod vote, services will soon be available on a trial basis. Update (November 16, 2023): Following a nine-hour debate, the Church of England’s General Synod voted on Wednesday to ...

The Church’s parliament – officially known as the General Synod – will hear from a senior military figure when it meets next ...

LONDON (RNS) — In a special motion at the Church of England's upcoming General Synod, weeks before the Brexit deadline, the archbishops of Canterbury and York will urge politicians to do more to ...

LONDON — The Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special prayers of ...

Members of the Church of England General Synod pray ahead of a vote that ultimately approved blessings for same-sex couples in London on Thursday.

The Church of England’s General Synod has voted in favour of a motion to offer blessings to same-sex couples in civil partnerships and marriages.

The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for the first time in its history. Its ruling General Synod gave approval to legislation introducing the change by the required two ...

At its General Synod this week, the Church of England faced what one member of Parliament had called “a watershed moment for the church to change its culture and its approach to safeguarding.” ...

Geoffrey Tattersall, a former Church of England General Synod chair, diocesan chancellor and appeals court judge, has died. He was 77.

LONDON (RNS) — The Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special ...