A group of Shropshire villagers has travelled in convoy to deliver a petition to the Diocese of Lichfield, as part of its ...

Sources have been reporting that C of E leaders put the kibosh on NA Eucharist wine and GF bread or wafers. But there’s a ...

THE Church of England’s stance on the use of gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine at the eucharist had been “misinterpreted”, the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, said on Monday afternoon.

However Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield and chairman of the Church's Liturgical Commission, said doing so would overturn two settled positions of the CofE. 'First, that bread made with ...

NON-ALCOHOLIC wine cannot be used in Holy Communion, the Church of England’s governing body has ruled. Gluten-free bread has also been barred, says the General Synod, its “parliament”, which opens ...

Bishop of Lichfield Michael Ipgrave, however, said allowing booze-free wine and gluten-free bread would “overturn two ­settled positions in the Church”. Bishop Ipgrave, chair of the Church ...

The Church of England has officially affirmed that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used as substitutes ...

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England ...