God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw ...

Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in 1958, Stephen Cottrell was educated at Belfairs High School, Leigh-on-Sea, and the Polytechnic of Central London. He found faith as a teenager through the work of youth ...

Bishopthorpe Palace operates as a multi-functional premises, hosting working offices, meeting rooms, worship areas and living quarters. The palace and its grounds are also used for charity open days, ...

Archbishop Stephen delivered the Presidential Address to the meeting of the General Synod in York today. This follows in full During a lull in the conversation at a dinner party some years ago, one of ...

The Archbishop today addressed General Synod on the Vision and Strategy for the Church of England in the 2020s. The speech follows in full... Discerning a vision and strategy for the Church of England ...

Reflecting on his recent visit to the region, the Archbishop of York delivered this speech at Lambeth Palace this morning at a gathering of ecumenical Church leaders and Christian agencies. Sisters ...

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Archbishop Stephen has written to all clergy, lay ministers and people in the Church of England today, on the Feast of Epiphany. This follows in full Mindful of the ongoing challenges facing the ...

Available from today, the Archbishop of York's chosen Advent Book for 2025 is 'Listening to the Music of the Soul' by Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani. “Listening to the music of the soul” is a wonderfully ...

A personal statement from Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York in response to the BBC R4 File on Four programme - David Tudor The situation I faced when I became Bishop of Chelmsford, was horrible and ...

10 Downing Street has announced today that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of the Right Reverend Doctor Eleanor Sanderson as Suffragan Bishop of Hull in the Diocese of York, ...

As I read the Makin review last week and reflected on the terrible abuse perpetrated by John Smyth and shamefully covered up by others, I am, first of all, moved by the accounts of victims and ...