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David Cameron is set to give his MPs a free vote on whether gay couples should be allowed to marry, after a major rebellion by his own ministers.

Historic plans to allow women to become bishops have been plunged into crisis after existing bishops voted through an eleventh-hour concession to traditionalists.

Despite an ageing population, spending money on 'superusers' of health services can still reap dividends

The Design a Church Chair! judging panel received well over 100 entries including several applications from overseas and submissions from leading designers including Sir Terence Conran and Luke Hughes.

Research Teams have been appointed to start work on an 18-month project on church growth, supported by funding set aside by the Archbishops' Council and the Church Commissioners for research and development (2011-13).

On Friday, May 18, the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Tim Thornton, and Cornwall Methodist Chair the Revd Steve Wild, lit a beacon and blessed prayer batons that are being passed on from community to community for 70 days. The batons are part of More Than Gold's Prayer Relay, and will be travelling around the nation, tracking the same dates and route as the official Torch Relay.

The House of Bishops of the Church of England today concluded its consideration of the draft legislation to enable women to be consecrated as bishops. It agreed that the legislation should be returned to the General Synod for final approval.

More than 2,000 female members of the Church of England have signed a petition opposing the ordination of women bishops.

If the church can't accept that women and men are equally made in God's image, what's the point in having women ordained?

By Richard Dawkins

THE Church Commissioners are engaged in “board-level dialogue” with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, in which they hold shares worth £3.9 million.

The Church of England has welcomed a £30m government offer to fund alterations and repairs to the Church's 12,500 listed buildings.

Plans to introduce same-sex marriage have only been tabled to meet an “emotional need” not to right an injustice, the Archbishop of York argues today.

Conservative evangelical churches threaten to withhold cash from pro-gay and liberal 'heretics'

A Dorset Vicar who helped raise £15,000 for a hospital chapel lashed out yesterday at plans to turn it into a multicultural faith centre – despite 75 per cent of the patients being Christian.

Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged.

Education secretary will send a copy of the Bible to every state school after donors club together to save £370,000 initiative

Almost 80% of people in England support a religious role for the Queen, a BBC poll suggests.

The Church of England has embarked on a legal campaign to assert its rights to minerals under the ground across the country, to the alarm of home owners.

Gay marriage should be delayed to allow the Government to “focus on the things that matter”, a Cabinet minister has indicated.

Defence secretary Philip Hammond and Lady Warsi say changes to upper house should not be government's focus

A new wave of undertakers is working to put some life into the business of death. With some trepidation, Euan Ferguson starts planning a celebratory send-off of his own

We are living longer, but have lost the ability to prepare for when our life comes to an end, writes John Sentamu.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent a message of support to a meeting of Episcopal and Catholic Bishops in South Sudan.

The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, Primate of The Church in Wales, has been elected to serve on the Crown Nominations Commission for Canterbury, the body that will nominate the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

The article shows how mission-shaped thinking might impact a church decision-making body. Each of the three parts includes a biblical background, three principles to follow and ten practical applications.

Thousands of responses to Government’s gay marriage consultation from opponents of the proposal have been blocked by a Home Office IT system, it emerged last night.

A BILL to “reduce the burden on charities” will be introduced in the next year, the Queen announced in a speech to both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.

Why did shareholders let so many years pass by without trying to halt the rise in the remuneration of directors?

Opposition will reject timetable for MPs to debate the legislation, forcing David Cameron into tough choices

The Church of England's ethical investment advisory group and rural affairs team have welcomed the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill included in the Queen's Speech, saying 'supermarkets operating ethically and appropriately with their farmer and other suppliers will have nothing to fear from this welcome piece of legislation'.

Occupy Faith seeks to cement ties between protest movement and religious groups with march from London to Canterbury

The Coalition’s plan to reform the House of Lords will deal “a devastating blow” to Parliament’s ability to restrain “over-mighty” governments, senior Tory David Davis says.

While some newspaper publishers are putting their faith in “digital first”, worshippers are being urged to pray for the future of the press.

Church attendance my be declining, but real individual religion has undergone a huge revival in the past 30 years

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, chaired the 11th Building Bridges Seminar in London and Canterbury on 23rd-25th April.

A Christian doctor sacked after emailing a prayer to colleagues lost his claim for unfair dismissal after a tribunal judge ruled that there was no place for religious references at work.

More than 400,000 ordered by UK Churches as gift for the nation