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Peril in the Middle East
IT BEGINS with a sound on your phone. The message reads: “Due to the detection of missile launches, alerts may be activated in your area.” Then you know that you must prepare. End whatever it is you are doing, and ensure that…
Online misogyny has no place in the Church
IT IS no secret that the world of social media is a cesspit of misogyny and violence against women, from influencers such as Andrew Tate to AI chatbots such as Grok creating non-consensual sexually violent images of real…
National Cancer Plan for England is missing faith partners
THE newly published National Cancer Plan for England arrived with bold ambitions: to transform the country from a “long-standing laggard to a genuine global leader in cancer” by 2035, saving 320,000 additional lives. It…
Archbishop of Canterbury promises Synod new priorities
JUST as this quinquennium of the General Synod draws to a close, an archiepiscopate begins. Our final London meeting was the first with the new Archbishop of Canterbury in post, and began with a standing ovation for her. The…
let dignity be extended to all
THE World Day of the Sick, observed by the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday of last week, was introduced by Pope St John Paul II in 1993. The new Pope has given it his full support; for it reflects his profound desire to…
Marriages come to grief through ‘quiet quitting’
WHEN asked about the possibility of divorce, Jesus says that husband and wife are no longer two, but one flesh. It is a striking image, which then comes with a warning: “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man…
Crisis looms in SEND support
THE UK’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is in crisis. Significant reforms have been widely acknowledged as necessary, and a Government White Paper is expected imminently. The proposals that are…
Time to review the Church of England’s digital communications
IT IS generally assumed that the tumult of the Reformation and the associated history of the Church of England cannot be understood fully without appreciating the impact of the invention of the printing press.In our own day,…
Institutional unity can be an idol
THE recent decisions of the House of Bishops concerning the Prayers of Love and Faith and same-sex marriages for clergy cause many immense pain (News, 16 January). Parish priests and lay leaders feel the tension of the wider…
What lies beneath the Church’s conflicts
WHEN the Church agreed to ordain women priests in 1992, for some, it was an experience of freedom and justice; for others, it felt like the loss of a sacred order central to their faith.Thirty years on, the Church debates…
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