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How churches can help people deal with grief

Christian Today speaks to Sonya Pascoe, bereavement trainer at Care for the Family, about her new book The Grief Journey and how churches can support people who have lost a loved one.

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Priests suspended after review into Church of England's abuse failings

Four priests have had their licence to practise suspended by the Church of England as it continues to deal with the fallout from a damning review into safeguarding failings. …

Royal Mail's 2024 Christmas stamps capture snowy splendour of iconic UK cathedrals

This festive season, the Royal Mail's 2024 Christmas stamp collection features a series of evocative snowy scenes of iconic UK cathedrals. …

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• How the Bible unravels one of the strongest arguments for abortion

  

  It is wrong to argue that human freedom means the right to abort unborn children. …

• Police action should be considered over CofE child abuse failings, says reviewer

  

  The author of the John Smyth review that led to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has said that police action should be considered over the Church of England's failings. …

• What is truth?

  

  Despite claiming there is no absolute truth, many postmodern beliefs are selling their own version of 'truth', and seem just as keen to impose their own 'truth' onto others as other worldviews ever did. …

• Xi-appointed bishop speaks only of 'Sinicization' of religion, no mention of persecuted clergy

  

  Despite 10 Catholic bishops in China in being held detention, "disappeared" or forced from their positions, the government-installed bishop of Shanghai at a conference this month spoke only on President Xi Jinping's "Sinicization" of religion, without mentioning hoped-for pastoral plans. …

• Persecuted Christian children remembered on Red Wednesday

  

  Buildings are being floodlit red on Wednesday to remember millions of Christians around the world being persecuted for their faith. …

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• Police action should be considered over CofE child abuse failings, says reviewer

  

  The author of the John Smyth review that led to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has said that police action should be considered over the Church of England's failings. …

• Why are we so far away from what we read about in Acts?

  

  Despite once being a world leader in generosity, the UK has steadily declined in global generosity rankings over the past decade. …

• Why the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury may prove challenging

  

  The deep divisions within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion over the issue of human sexuality mean that it will become very difficult, if not impossible, to find someone everyone can agree on. …

• What does obedient leadership look like in the face of laws to kill babies?

  

  What evil has God asked you to confront in your life? How is God asking you to stand for Him in your life? Like Elijah, are you doing it? …

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  The real reason Welby should have resigned

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  Mexican Christians wary of new indigenous protection laws

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  Pope Francis honours Christian martyrs across all denominations

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  Chris Pratt bringing real-life heroes to the screen in military chaplain movie

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• Welby was 'embarrassed and appalled' Smyth abuse wasn't reported to police, says son

  

  Justin Welby's son has spoken about his father's resignation last week under a cloud of consternation after he failed to ensure that sadistic abuser John Smyth had been reported to police. …

• Calls for Archbishop of York's resignation over CofE safeguarding failures

  

  A dame who was sacked from the Church of England's now defunct Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) has called for the Archbishop of York to follow the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in stepping down. …

• The little known story of England's first evangelical Queen

  

  The little known story of England's first evangelical QueenThe modern evangelical movement owes a great debt to England's first evangelical queen. This is the story ... …

• After Welby's resignation, what happens now?

  

  Over the last decade the Church has moved from defining itself historically and theologically to culturally and politically. The choice then will not be between high and low church, but woke and much more woke. …