Isaiah 35.1-10; Psalm 146.1-10; James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11 THIS is not a Gospel for those who like easy answers. One commentator remarks that, among the four Evangelists, “Matthew’s presentation of ...
THE BBC has promised a “rich and reflective” array of religious programming this Christmas, including its usual offering of live worship and the return of some festive favourites. This year’s ...
CONCERNS about the “huge power” enjoyed by the body set to replace the Archbishops’ Council were voiced in Parliament last week, during a meeting of the Ecclesiastical Committee. Convened to consider ...
HOSPICE UK, which represents more than 200 hospices, raised the alarm in April last year about a £77-million deficit that the sector was facing. Since then, the situation has got only worse, says the ...
A VATICAN commission has warned that Roman Catholic leaders are still not doing enough to combat sexual abuse in the Church, and has demanded tougher sanctions against those responsible and fairer ...
PRISONERS in Cuba are systematically prevented from practising their faith, being able to read the Bible or other religious texts, or having access to a chaplain, a new report says. Harsh restrictions ...
GAFCON is “now the Global Anglican Communion”, the chairman of the group’s Primates Council, the Archbishop of Rwanda, Dr Laurent Mbanda, has declared. In a letter to supporters on Thursday, Dr Mbanda ...
IT IS the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, which is especially significant here in Canada, where there are substantial Mennonite and Brethren communities. A college at one of the ...
CHRIS BRAIN, the founder of a Sheffield “rave church” movement, the Nine O’Clock Service (NOS), has been found guilty of indecent assaults against nine women. On Wednesday afternoon, the jury at Inner ...
SURVIVORS of abuse in the Jesus Fellowship/Jesus Army — described by its trustees as “widespread and systemic” — were the focus of a new BBC documentary on the sect, broadcast on Sunday evening. Among ...
A FORMER employee of Leicester diocese, Kat Gibson, has said that she felt “silenced by the diocese”, which had, she said, prevented her from warning others about the “abusive, deeply unhealthy” ...
JOHN HARRIS, the Guardian columnist and host of its Politics Weekly UK podcast, is best known for his political and music journalism. He is the author of an acclaimed pop-cultural history of the 1990s ...
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