A YOUNG mum came to see me last week to enquire about the church, and ask about what we believed and what we expected of her.

THE French writer Simone Weil (1909-43), from an assimilated Jewish background, was a philosopher, political activist, and Christian mystic, who had been rigorously trained at the École Normale ...

DIVINE CHOCOLATE is not selling Easter eggs this year. The decision is expected to mean that the demand for Fairtrade chocolate eggs will outstrip the supply.

UNDER-25s who claim Universal Credit as care-leavers are disadvantaged by the law, the Bishop of Manchester, Dr David Walker, said in the House of Lords last week. He argued for an increase in their ...

THE “reset” of safeguarding in the Church of England must have mandatory reporting at its heart, the Bishop of London told the House of Lords last Friday.

CHURCHES are providing nearly one fifth of the venues participating in the national Warm Welcome Spaces campaign, which is described by the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as “a chain of hope . . .

SAFEGUARDING in the diocese of Chichester has made “impressive progress”, an independent audit has concluded. It describes the dioceses’ safeguarding team as “well-led and highly professional”. The ...

“Quite simply, it subjects asylum-seekers to danger if they are placed in hotels in visible numbers,” Dr Wilcox said. “Dispersed accommodation offers greater protection and, for that reason, we should ...

WELLS CATHEDRAL is fund-raising for a £7-million restoration project: Vicars’ Close (News, 9 August 2024). Sited next to the cathedral, it is the oldest medieval street in Europe still inhabited for ...

ALTHOUGH religious leaders had failed in spring 2003 to dissuade the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, from pursuing military action to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, they continued to lobby to curb ...

A MEMBER of the panel of three appointed to inquire into the implications for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa of the Makin review of the John Smyth affair has stepped down, after an allegation ...

Fancy broadening your cultural horizons? A visit to a European Capital of Culture may be just the ticket, suggests Dixe Wills ...