The BBC report on a ‘landmark’ Church blessing for a gay couple in Wales. Father Lee and his partner Fabiano Da Silva Duarte have become what is thought to be the first same-sex couple to be officially blessed by the Church in Wales.
The Church Times discusses recent research that suggests the public are largely indifferent to the Church of England and do not associate the institution with spiritual experience. Active Anglicans, the author of the research suggests, are often the most critical of the Church.