He also survived a vote to stop him giving a presidential address as the General Synod began on Monday. Separately, Mr ...

Stephen Cottrell has resisted calls from some quarters to quit, and survived a vote to stop him giving a presidential address ...

A HEAVY agenda and intense debate characterised the General Synod sessions in London last week. Issues of trust and power ...

Members of the General Synod of the Church of England were under pressure as they began a week-long meeting in London ...

The Archbishop of York will deliver the opening address to General Synod today as he fights to hold onto his senior position ...

The Archbishop of York faced a rebellion from some members of the General Synod of the Church of England amid calls for his ...

The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body ...

The General Synod voted to transfer national staff overseeing abuse response to an external body but not parish and diocese officials At its General Synod this week, the Church of England faced ...

THE Church of England’s General Synod is set to gather on Monday for the first time since the archbishop of Canterbury’s ...

Leaflets being handed out to members on Tuesday branded the Church’s attitude and processes to date a ‘safeguarding failure’.

A fifth of General Synod members voted to block the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell from delivering his opening speech at Monday’s Synod gathering in London. In a provocative move, a lay Synod member ...

The morning included a time of prayer, including for Pope Francis’ quick recovery from the respiratory illness that has ...