
Pope remains in hospital after condition declared critical
Doctors have given Pope Francis a "guarded" prognosis as he continues to be treated in hospital for double pneumonia.
Doctors have given Pope Francis a "guarded" prognosis as he continues to be treated in hospital for double pneumonia.
Pope Francis has been hospitalised for a week, initially with issues relating to bronchitis, but this week it was confirmed that the head of the Roman Catholic Church has a respiratory tract infection and pneumonia in both lungs.
The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body while keeping diocesan and cathedral safeguarding officers as church employees.
There was a sense in the chamber that the Church of England has finally recognised the seriousness of the harm that has been done to those whose cries for help have been ignored.
The Archbishop of York has promised change in the Church of England after months of intense public scrutiny over safeguarding failures.
The Church of England has confirmed that it will be committing a £2 million grant to the Clergy Support Trust (CST), a centuries old charity that provides financial, health and wellbeing support to members of the clergy.
The Church of England's plan to put £100 million towards slavery reparations has been condemned as "poorly justified, historically uninformed" and possibly lacking in legal justification.
The Church of England is inviting people to suggest candidates to replace Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Rt Rev Vivienne Faull has announced she will step down as Bishop of Bristol in September of this year, describing her seven years in the role as a "beautiful coda" to her long ministry.
Efforts have been made, however, to prevent Archbishop Stephen Cottrell speaking at the forthcoming Synod.
A new report has said that faith groups have a significant role to play in easing the pressures on the NHS at the local level.
A new Vatican missive approved by Pope Francis has warned of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI), while also stressing that, ultimately, it is human intelligence that will guide the morality of its use.
The Bishop of Warrington, Bev Mason, has revealed that she was the female bishop who made a complaint of sexual harassment against the Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, who resigned this week.