News & Stories


Past Cases Review 2

Like all the other dioceses in the Church of England, we are conducting Past Cases Review 2 (PCR 2) into safeguarding matters relating to sexual abuse of children or vulnerable adults.


Bishop Martyn leads Synod vote to apologise for racism in the Church of England

General Synod votes unanimously after Bishop Martyn talks about the Church taking first steps into a new culture defined by humility


Bishops' Lent Appeal to raise funds for Cook and Eat Hubs

Our Bishops have chosen the Together Leicester Cook and Eat project for this year's Lent Appeal


BAME partner churches evening

Churches from city and county gathered as part of our Intercultural Worshipping Communities project


St Barnabas CofE School welcomes Bishop Martyn for an afternoon

Children and staff welcomed were keen to share the school's story


Good news for churches in need of help with building funding

National Churches Trust (NCT) now offers three different programmes for churches to apply to for funding


Bishop Martyn hears about community life in rural Avon Swift

Bishop Martyn shared lunch with people from 11 villages to hear about local communities and led an informal Candlemas service in one of our schools


A church for all ages, backgrounds, cultures and nationalities

Churches in Leicestershire are taking small steps towards a more culturally inclusive approach to growing and following Jesus


Bishop's call for European churches to strengthen solidarity

The Conference for European Churches commits to ongoing cooperation post Brexit and calls for prayers and work towards reconciliation.


Bishiop Guli's latest Radio 4 'Thought For The Day'

Read the text of the Bishop of Loughborough's most recent BBC Radio 4 Thought For The Day about her prayer, as an Iranian and a Christian, that ongoing responses to the death of Iranian General Soleimani will draw on traditions reflected in Iran's poetry, its rich culture and in the worship of the magi at the feet of the Christ child.

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