I’m not uncomfortable about people talking about faith. I am uncomfortable about defining your politics by faith, and I don’t. . . I don’t take my Christianity and say everyone’s got to believe what I do
Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, 7 November
In a move that reflects a deeply unsettling shift in this country’s commitment to welcome and tolerance, these changes to regulation imply that if you arrive irregularly to seek safety as a refugee, your character is in question. And therefore you cannot be considered appropriate to be a British citizen. I know this is both untrue and profoundly insulting
Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford, The Independent, 12 November
The archbishops, of course, quite rightly put their memorials on the floor so they can be trodden on forever more, a feeling they will have become familiar with during their ministry
Justin Welby, former Archbishop of Canterbury, sermon at Holy Trinity, Decatur, Georgia, US, reported in The Times, 10 November
Premier League news conferences: Maresca speaking; Jesus returns; Isak back in training
BBC News headline, 7 November
BBC really burying the lede there
Vincent E. Boles, US Army major-general, retired, Bluesky, 7 November
By now, it’s clear that Scorsese did fulfil his childhood dream of becoming a priest. He just isn’t practising in the Catholic Church. He administers mass not from the altar but from the silver screen, and his sermons are a hell of a lot more fun than your average Sunday homily
Theo Zenou, review of Scorsese on Filmmaking and Faith by
Martin Scorsese and Antonio Spadar, The New Statesman, 7-13 November issue
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