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End the five-week wait for Universal Credit
OUR faith calls us to be a source of hope and practical help for those facing hardship — a shared calling that lies at the heart of our mission at Christians Against Poverty (CAP). We walk with people through debt and…
J. D. Vance’s problematic theology
THE US Vice-President, J. D. Vance, was in the Cotswolds over the summer — and in the news. A lot was written about him in the media, but one significant matter which has not been much commented on is a row with the late Pope…
Palestine Action arrests threaten all our rights
THE Vice-President of the United States, J. D. Vance, has reiterated his claim that free speech is under threat in the UK. Any valid points that he might have about the policing of abortion protests are undermined by his…
Cardinal Newman’s kindly light shines on
WHEN the Pope approved plans to declare the English St John Henry Newman 38th Doctor of the Universal Church, the news was welcomed across the Roman Catholic world (News, 8 August). Knowing that one of their number, active…
Kemi Badenoch should use words to heal, not harm
“I’M YORUBA, not Nigerian. I have nothing in common with people from the north of Nigeria.”Those were among the reported words of the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch (above), in one of several recent comments about…
Anglicans must speak into a world in disarray
SOME time ago, I was invited to write an article about the Lambeth Conferences and decided to ask the question: has there ever been a distinctively Anglican approach to the great questions of international relations?Why,…
Why I changed my mind about nuclear weapons
AS THE General Synod considered the prospect of the being at war, in the shadow of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan on Friday (Synod, 1 August), I want to ask: how should the UK prepare for war — and what type of…
Forgotten peacemakers of Aka Island
THE US Marine Corps Reservist Lt. Joseph Hopkins never spoke to his son, Michael, about the extraordinary events that took place on the Japanese island of Aka in June 1945. It was only when searching the internet after the…
Keir Starmer should heed Gordon Brown’s child-poverty clarion call
I BELIEVE that a crucial element of a life of faith is that we offer truthful witness to “what is”. Those who experience poverty describe it as a web of challenges. It is not simply about having less money, which we could…
Bring theology back to the parishes
BRINGING creative, alluring, and deep theology back into the parish (from which it seems to have been banished) cannot be achieved without overcoming some destructively false divides that have bedevilled us lately in the…
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