Update (May 23): Church of Scotland ministers are now permitted to perform same-sex marriages if they choose. The church’s General Assembly approved an overture that allows parish ministers and ...

Photo: Getty Images. When Skara Brae was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, the organization called the village a “center of innovation and experimentation.” It was no hyperbole.

A casual reader of the Jan. 19 news article “Church of England refuses to preside over same-sex marriages” might conclude that the Church of Scotland is ecclesiastically allied with the Church ...

None of us can prevent ageing,” he writes. “Sadly, the immediate future looks bleak for the Church in Wales, Church of Scotland, Episcopalians, Methodists, and older Welsh nonconformists.” ...