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TOP 10 STORIES OF 2025


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Over the past two weeks, we’ve revisited the stories that captured your attention, sparked conversation, and shaped our coverage in 2025. From breaking news on ACNA leadership crises to thoughtful essays on Anglo-Catholic spirituality and the future of Canterbury, these pieces represent the breadth and depth of Anglican journalism.

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NUMBER 1

Who Might Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?

by Tom Middleton

(January 2025)

The Church of England was tearing itself apart over safeguarding, its church attendance remained below pre-COVID levels, and there was a widening gulf between its liberal bishops and its young, evangelical congregations. As the Crown Nominations Commission prepared to select Justin Welby’s successor, Tom Middleton asked: Can any candidate reverse the decline? Your most-read story of 2025. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .

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First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

by Mark Michael

(October 2025)

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe called her “a wise and steady leader.” GAFCON’s Archbishop Mbanda said her appointment makes Canterbury’s leadership “impossible.” Mark Michael reports on Dame Sarah Mullally’s historic selection as the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury, examining how the former nurse and compromise-seeking bishop will navigate a Church of England in crisis and an Anglican Communion increasingly divided over her very legitimacy. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .

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by Graham Kings

(February 2025)

“I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary,” quipped Prime Minister Harold Macmillan about appointing Michael Ramsey to succeed Geoffrey Fisher as Archbishop of Canterbury. In this widely-read Covenant essay, Graham Kings traced six decades of post-war archbishops and assessed Justin Welby's 12-year tenure, asking whether the Church of England needed less management and more spirituality in its next leader. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .

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Revisioning the Church in a Post-Progressive Society

by Kevin Martin

(January 2025)

The Episcopal Church faced two paths: “join the resistance” and remain a declining community of educated progressives, or re-center its mission to reach beyond its current demographic. Kevin Martin’s provocative analysis, among 2025’s most-read pieces, argued that doubling down on DEI and social justice would only hasten decline, while recovering the “Big Tent” Anglicanism could engage young seekers drawn to liturgy and tradition. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .


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