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Spotlight on rural church as Bishop James steers far-reaching report through Synod

Bishop James Bell, the Bishop for Ripon, has told the General Synod of the Church of England, meeting ...


Remarkable line-up of top speakers at ‘tiny’ hill farm village church

A tiny village church on the borders of North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria has scooped a remarkable line-up ...


Generosity and welcome as Bishop Toby spends a week in Ilkley

Bishop Toby Howarth has spent a week living in one of the five deaneries which make up Bradford ...


Earlier-than-ever pancake races at Leeds Minster

Leeds Minster’s annual pancake race took place a few days early this year, because Shrove Tuesday falls ...


Archbishop of York to give inaurgural William Temple Foundation Lecture

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will be the speaker at the first William Temple Foundation Annual ...


A diocese so good, they named it twice . . .

General Synod this week voted against a measure that would have allowed the diocese to be officially called ...


ENGAGE… with your local schools

Schools and Churches working together Inspire a generation of schoolchildren to better connect with their local church and ...


Soldiers helping Ebola crisis thank Barnsley School

Pupils from Holy Trinity School, Barnsley, gave army medics a welcome Christmas surprise when they sent cards and ...


Candlemas Rock Mass was Amazing!

On Saturday 7 February, Wakefield Cathedral held the first diocesan Rock Mass for the Diocese of West Yorkshire and ...


The Shayhk and the Bishops - Muslim-Christian debates to be held following Paris attacks

News Release  February 9, 2015  The Shaykh and the Bishops –public Christian-Muslim debates to be held in West ...

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