The Church of England is reeling with "shock" and facing a "major constitutional crisis" following the failure of new legislation to introduce women b...

And so finally, with fingers still tentatively paused over triggers and soldiers lined up at borders, a peace settlement was agreed between Gaza and Israel this week, bringing to an end eight days of bloody violence. Even the world's greatest optimists cannot believe this is the end of the story, with both sides seeking to write their own account of the tragic events, and claim a miserable kind of victory. For many not religiously, historically or, due to family ties, connected to this conflict, it can be difficult to understand the intensity of feeling it inspires.

The Church of England's bishops are to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday after legislation paving the way for the first women bishops narrowly fa...

Supporters of the failed legislation to ordain women bishops said they were "devastated" with many saying they felt they had been betrayed by the lay ...

The Church of England has been plunged into turmoil after legislation introducing the first women bishops failed to clear its final hurdle at the Gene...

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has staked his authority on a yes vote by the General Synod to legislation introducing the first women bishops. T...