IN THIS Gospel, Simon responds to Jesus as he does, not because of a realisation at that moment (15.8), but because of things that happened earlier. He heard Jesus teaching at the Capernaum synagogue ...

A BOWL made from a churchyard yew tree by a local woodturner has been presented to Pope Francis by the Bishop of Norwich, the ...

In a letter published this week, Christian Aid, Debt Justice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign), and other charities argue that high debt-servicing costs are preventing global-South governments from ...

AN ADVOCATE for vulnerable women, Lianne Kirkman, is to spend ten nights in a row sleeping rough, to highlight issues of ...

“Across the board, we found that health professionals and faith groups alike were positive about the suitability of faith ...

THE next steps in Living in Love and Faith (LLF) require “serious attention to issues of power, trust, honesty, and transparency”, the lead bishop on LLF, the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn ...

THE Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States is seeking to remove the serving Chaplain, who recently prayed on the fourth anniversary of the 6 January attack on the Capitol for God ...

President Trump issued a slew of executive orders in the hours after his Inauguration last week. They were aimed at limiting illegal and legal migration, including increasing deportations and allow ...

For centuries, Christian communities took candles that they would use in the coming months to their church to be blessed as symbols of Jesus, light of the world — to mark both this festival and, in ...

PATRIARCH KIRILL of Moscow has praised Alexander Lukashenko on his declared re-election as President of Belarus, despite ...

“We came looking forward to those, in both Israel and Palestine, who have suffered the atrocities of violence and war, being ...

St Matthew’s, Pacific Palisades, has also been offered sanctuary in St Augustine by-the-Sea, Santa Monica. It was badly ...