Ian Paul

Primate of Canada’s Easter 2026 message

In January, I made a solidarity visit to our siblings in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, bringing with me the love and support of the Anglican Church of Canada. The situation faced by Palestinian Christians—and Palestinians in general—is extremely challenging. As I spoke about...

Complexity at Canterbury? A Shaky Beginning with an initial win for ‘Moral Therapeutic Deism.’

It is not easy to find a sufficiently neutral tone of voice with which to assess the accomplishments of The Most Rev’d Dame Sarah Mullally the latest Archbishop of Canterbury. The danger is inevitably that one runs the risk of sounding elitist or condescending....
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Should the Church generate a £1 billion fund for slavery reparations?

PR car-crashes for the Church of England are like buses—there are none for ages,...

Ian Paul’s speech to General Synod – “Standing on the brink of a precipice”

My speech in Synod yesterday: Brother and sisters in Christ, T S Eliot commented...

The crisis of episcopal leadership in the Church of England

We have a serious crisis in the episcopal leadership of the Church of England....

What is an ‘inclusive evangelical’?

There was a small social media storm last week when the newish group ‘Inclusive...

Concern trolling the clergy

At the end of July, Kaya Burgess, the Religious Affairs correspondent of The Times, sent...

C of E same-sex blessings remain ‘incoherent’

https://youtu.be/jKORe4aL2D0 I caught up with Rev Dr Ian Paul for an update on the July...

Fractures and fractiousness at General Synod

The General Synod of the Church of England met at the University of York...

What exactly happened at Synod on the Prayers for Love and Faith?

In reflecting about anything in the Church of England, and especially in relation to...

An open letter to John Inge, bishop of Worcester, on sexuality and marriage

Dr Paul has written an open letter to the bishop of Worcester addressing the...

What is the Bishop of Oxford thinking?

Steven Croft, the bishop of Oxford, yesterday published a booklet Together in Love and Faith,...

BBC’s Newsnight discussion of the Lambeth Calls controversy

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Primate of Canada’s Easter 2026 message

In January, I made a solidarity visit to our siblings in the Episcopal Diocese...

Complexity at Canterbury? A Shaky Beginning with an initial win for ‘Moral Therapeutic Deism.’

It is not easy to find a sufficiently neutral tone of voice with which...

The King and Queen will attend the Royal Maundy Service at St Asaph Cathedral

The King and Queen will attend the Royal Maundy Service at St Asaph Cathedral,...

Rowe Presses Good Friday Offering for Holy Land as War Intensifies

Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church: For more than a century, Episcopalians have...