On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset. Having spent ...
Nearly 1,000 historic cathedrals, churches and chapels are at risk of falling into disrepair amid a funding crisis, a charity has warned. The National Churches Trust said an additional 53 places of ...
Churches constitute almost half of all Grade I listed buildings, the most prominent and beautiful collection of buildings in England. They are its civic inheritance, its local memory and its place of ...
Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, was announced Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally, 63, a former ...
Latest statistics from the Church of England reveal a fourth consecutive year of growth in attendance at services, although ...