“That’s why I’ve asked the Bishop of Truro…to conduct an independent review into the global persecution of Christians.”
Her Easter message: “We must stand up for the right of everyone, no matter what their religion, to practice their faith in peace.”
“But the pains which he endured, Alleluia! Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!” A very Happy Easter to all our readers.
“Our Shepherd is departed, the fount of living water,/At whose passing the sun was darkened…Today the gates of death and their bars as well our Saviour has destroyed.”
Christ’s resurrection certainly doesn’t help us out on Brexit – unless it be to remind us of the Christian virtues of temperance and respect.
“There was darkness over the earth…and about the ninth hour Jesus cried aloud: ‘My God why hast thou forsaken me?’ ”
The former Cabinet minister, who went to prison for perjury, explains why, as a prison chaplain, he is happier than he has ever been.
“Where charity and love are, there God is. Love of Christ has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice in Him and be glad.”
They have a value of their own which reaches beyond their function. They gain it not by doing anything but by being something.
The New Zealand attack, the Birmingham school protests – and what we’re doing in the West Midlands to build cohesion and resilience.
At times, says the Education Secretary, the post he holds requires “a bold and vociferous and constant presence”. But “at other times less so”.
The last in our series of Christmas carols as this year closes.
Our season of Christmas carols continues.
Despite only a short democratic history, the world’s largest Muslim nation could be a powerful force for pluralism and tolerance.