What do you do when the world is falling apart? Archbishop Justin Welby reminded Synod of the message of George Bell, the wartime Bishop of Chichester: you keep on being the church.
Canterbury Cathedral sits behind the city’s medieval walls, and Dean David Monteith is concerned to bridge what he sees as a disconnect between the cathedral and and its wider surroundings.
The Church of England’s General Synod has approved a motion welcoming bishops’ proposals to offer prayers of blessing for same-sex relationships, while resisting calls to introduce marriage for gay couples.
