Reforms under former leader Justin Welby, who resigned last year over a child abuse cover-up scandal, paved the way for women to be consecrated as bishops a decade ago, a change that now makes it possible for a woman to hold office as the senior-most bishop in England's established church.

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop-designate David Waller as the next ordinary -- and the first bishop -- of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a kind of diocese for Catholics of the Anglican tradition in the U.K. His April 29, 2024 ...

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is preparing to publish its daily liturgical prayer book, as part of its mission to incorporate Anglican traditions within the Catholic Church. Father James Bradley, communications officer for the ...

A Humanist celebrant has been sworn in as the UK Armed Forces first-ever non-religious “pastoral carer”, equivalent to a chaplain. Dr Neil Weddell has been an Army instructor, leadership and cultural adviser since 2003 and co-chair of Humanists and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND).

Anglican Bishop Jonathan Goodall of Ebbsfleet, pictured in this 2013 photo in Reading, England, released a statement Sept. 3, 2021, that he is stepping down from his office and will become a Catholic. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy The See of Ebbsfleet.