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Britain's King Charles III wears a kippah during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 20, 2025. (Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)
March 24, 2026, 6:26 pm
UK’s King Charles will be patron for major Jewish security organization
Community Security Trust, which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 Jews, announces monarch’s support a day after arson attack in London targeted a Jewish group’s ambulances
By Reuters
The Confirmation of Election ceremony legally confirming Dame Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, central London, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026. (Jeff Moore/Pool via AP)
January 28, 2026, 7:39 pm
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead Church of England
Mullally’s selection highlights church’s continuing divergence from Catholic Church, where women cannot serve as priests at all
By DANICA KIRKA
Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
October 3, 2025, 5:33 pm
Church of England must oppose antisemitism, says 1st female head after synagogue attack
Following deadly Manchester terror attack, Sarah Mullally says ‘hatred cannot be allowed to tear us apart,’ pledges to make Anglican Church safer in wake of child abuse cover-up scandal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a visit to the tomb of Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 4, 2024. (Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
November 12, 2024, 6:13 pm
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Welby had been under pressure after probe revealed he failed to tell authorities of prominent lawyer’s serial sexual and physical assaults on minors at summer camps over 50 years
By DANICA KIRKA
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby makes an address at Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)
From the WebSeptember 8, 2023, 7:32 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury: Israel not apartheid state, but is at risk amid ‘turmoil’
Unless there is an ‘apartheid constitution,’ Church of England leader says he ‘won’t use that word about Israel,’ the UK Jewish News reports
Retired Church of England vicar, Rev Stephen Sizer leaves a disciplinary tribunal at St Andrew's Courtroom, in central London, May 23, 2022. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)
February 1, 2023, 12:58 pm
Anglican priest who pushed antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy barred from church until 2030
Stephen Sizer wrote thesis and several books opposing Christian Zionism, spoke at 2008 conference alongside Holocaust denier; ban includes time served
By David I. Klein
Screen capture from video of Stephen Sizer at the Christ at the Checkpoint conference in 2010, Bethlehem. (YouTube)
May 30, 2022, 9:32 am
Church of England vicar who shared article blaming Israel for 9/11 faces removal
Disciplinary tribunal formed after Jewish umbrella group highlights series of alleged antisemitic acts by Stephen Sizer, who also met with a Hezbollah leader
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a special Church of England ceremony to mark and apologize for the 1222 Synod of Oxford, held at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, May 8, 2022. (YouTube)
May 8, 2022, 9:18 pm
After 800 years, Church of England apologizes to Jews for laws that led to expulsion
Special service, attended by UK chief rabbi, marks anniversary of Synod of Oxford, aims to inspire Christians to reject contemporary antisemitism, archbishop of Canterbury says
By ToI Staff
Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England. (Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2021, 7:34 am
Church to apologize to UK Jews 800 years after laws that led to their expulsion
British Jewish leader says planned apology for antisemitic Synod of Oxford laws, which predated Church of England’s creation by centuries, is ‘better late than never’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: A large congregation attend a service at Westminster Abbey in London, Wednesday July 18, 2018. (Jack Taylor/PA via AP)
April 2, 2021, 4:57 am
Church of England sorry for prayer booklet that resembles Passover Haggadah
Church official says pamphlet issued for Maundy Thursday, which instructs readers to say a Hebrew prayer, was ‘not intended to be a Christianized seder’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, talks to fellow Anglican leaders in Amman, Jordan, May 2, 2017. (AP/Sam McNeil)
November 26, 2019, 12:37 pm
Church of England appears to back chief rabbi’s stand against Labour
In thinly veiled criticism of UK opposition party, archbishop of Canterbury says many British Jews feel ‘deep sense of insecurity and fear’ at prospect of Corbyn as next PM
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Detail from an 18th-century painting depicting blood libel in St. Paul's Church in Sandomierz, Poland. (public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
November 22, 2019, 4:12 pm
Church of England report admits Christian anti-Semitism helped lead to Holocaust
Work acknowledges ‘fertile seed-bed for murderous anti-Semitism in the modern era’; in afterword to 105-page document, chief rabbi slams evangelical attempts to convert Jews
By Robert Philpot
Rev. Patrick Moriarty (Facebook)
October 9, 2017, 8:41 pm
London Jewish school principal ordained as priest
Jewish Community Secondary School proud of Rev. Patrick Moriarty, who acknowledges he’s followed a ‘rather unusual path’
By JTA
Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's Old City, on June 27, 2013 (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
March 25, 2017, 9:41 am
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Israel in May
Justin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years
By ToI Staff
Stephen Bullivant discusses his book, “The Trinity: How Not to be a Heretic.” Hosted by Doug Keck, March 2016 (YouTube screenshot)
May 24, 2016, 4:42 pm
Christians in England, Wales now outnumbered by people of no religion
Churches steadily losing members, study finds, as number of unaffiliated citizens grows
By Daniel Douek
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