The Revd Benjamin Bradshaw, Rector of the St Benedict Benefice, is not planning to take any breaks as he prays for local ...

IN THEORY, we associate Lent with moments of contemplation and tending to our inner life; in practice, it is too often a ...

“THE Death of the Hired Man” by Robert Frost is an extraordinary poem. In a deceptively simple narrative style, it relates the discussion between a farmer and his wife over whether to offer shelter to ...

16 March, Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3.17-4.1; Luke 13.31-end COMMENTING on the opening section of this Gospel passage, Rudolf Bultmann confessed: “I have no explanation to offer of ...

8 Vague dim prelate concealing first of tattoos on the skin (9) ...

WHAT was the turning point for podcasts? Spotify reports that, during the first three months of the pandemic, streaming doubled. Podcasts were the perfect companion. Tech giants seized the opportunity ...

IN A House of Commons debate on Monday evening, MPs criticised the General Synod’s decision last month not to outsource all safeguarding functions immediately to an independent body (News, 11 February ...

A CHRISTIAN leader in Ukraine, Dr Slavik Pyzh, has described the dramatic about-turn in support from the United States as leaving Ukrainians “in the same state as they were in the first days — anxiety ...

AN ASH WEDNESDAY declaration that pledges and calls for Christian action to oppose anti-immigration policies in the United States has been signed by 45 religious groups, including the Episcopal Church ...

THE Pope had a “restful night” on Thursday, and his condition remains stable, three weeks after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia in both lungs. On Thursday evening, a short audio message was ...

GERMANY’s suggestion that Great Britain, Belgium, France, and Germany shall enter into a pact for the preservation of the European frontiers set up by the Treaty of Versailles is a most important move ...

A 200-STRONG flash mob surprised visitors and churchgoers at St Paul’s Cathedral, on Saturday evening, with a musical message calling on the Church Commissioners to rewild church land. Members of the ...