When Pope Francis died in April leaving the Catholic Church leaderless, it entered a state the Church of England had already ...

Nearly six months after Justin Welby stepped down, it is time the Church of England assembled a conclave to choose his successor – or simply learn to do without, says Catherine Pepinster ...

The safeguarding debate in the Church has been a long-running one, and calls have also been made in recent months for Mr Welby’s temporary stand-in, Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, to stand ...

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell (left), and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby at a Synod in 2023 (James Manning/PA) (PA Archive) ...

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell (left), and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby at a Synod in 2023 (James Manning/PA) PA Archive ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said he had made mistakes and that "trust has been broken" as he opened a meeting of the Church of England's governing body, the General Synod. Mr Cottrell, who ...

Over recent months the Church of England has been left shell-shocked by Justin Welby's resignation and the subsequent scandals that have been swirling around leaders of the institution.

Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, has temporarily taken over from the Archbishop of Canterbury, who stepped down in January. Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell (L) with Justin Welby in 2022.

Welby, 69, will be replaced on a temporary basis by outgoing Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, currently the second most senior cleric in the mother church of Anglicanism.

Welby, 69, will be replaced on a temporary basis by outgoing Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, currently the second most senior cleric in the mother church of Anglicanism. He has also faced ...