A SCULPTOR who is making a bronze bust of the Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, listens while he works to online recordings of his subject’s church services, to refresh his sense of the ...

A DECLARATION aimed at preventing “the political exploitation of religion where it leads to discrimination” was issued last month after a conference in the House of Commons. The conference, convened ...

THE charity Hymns Ancient & Modern, which publishes the Church Times, has appointed Sarah Sands as its new CEO. She started work this week. Beyond journalism, Ms Sands has held advisory positions in ...

IN JOHN, seeing and rejoicing go hand in hand. When the disciples “see” — in other words, when they discern what is true — then they “rejoice”. With two earlier references, John has prepared us for ...

A NEW resource to help churches to welcome and support migrants, refugees, and displaced people has been launched by the Anglican Alliance. The pack, People on the Move, has been released in ...

AS CHRISTIANS “shout with joy that Christ is risen”, they should “pray and call with renewed urgency for an end to the violence and destruction in the Middle East”, the Archbishop of Canterbury said ...

FUNDAMENTALIST religious views are more likely to lead people into supporting violent extremism, researchers have found. A study led by the University of St Andrews has identified two different ...

6 Works out from legendary Greek figure earth’s rhythmic path? (5) 7 End’s nothing great (5) 8 Abbreviated prophetic work before church performance (5) 10 Court jester’s outside with tambur endlessly ...

IN THE episode “Rosamund Pike: Failure is Pretending to be Someone You’re Not”, of the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, the Oscar-nominated actor speaks of her experiences with failure in ...

PATRIARCH KIRILL of Moscow, praising the elite Russian Guard for its “glorious accomplishments” during the war against Ukraine, has reiterated his Church’s support for President Putin’s “most daring ...

IF, AS is being claimed in several quarters, the war with Iran has now come to Britain’s shores, then it has brought the fog of war with it. That is clear from the various reactions to the firebombing ...