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Bishop of Goma calls on Christians to pray for peace Top of the World Watch List for 2025 How do we find the next Archbishop of Canterbury? House of Bishops decides to ‘update’ Synod in July, but without any vote Comment on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme announcement Hundreds of churches are part...

Bringing love with cigarettes and the Bible Here’s a ‘saint’ that the Church of England remembers from the 1st World War – the Revd Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC, or ‘Woodbine Willie’, as everyone knew this popular, much-loved army chaplain on the Western Front. Studdert Kennedy (27th June 1883 – 8th March 1929) had been born...

“… The next day we went on to Neapolis. From there we travelled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to...

Apostle to East Anglia East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage. Just two examples: at more than 650, Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in the world, and at 500, Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval churches. And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and...

This is the year when EVERYONE gets dumped off the Electoral Roll – and needs to make a definite decision to come back on again. It happens in the Church of England every six years. Whereas for five years, the Electoral Roll is revised annually our Electoral Roll Officer, in this sixth year, the roll...

The youngster who found God A number of years ago the hit film Slumdog Millionaire touched millions of people with its story of a youngster triumphing against all the odds. Dominic Savio did the same thing. In fact, he is a good patron ‘child saint’ for children today who struggle to get anywhere in life....

Labour has been accused of bringing in a ‘worship tax’ by halving the tax relief paid out for repairs to listed places of worship. About 1,000 such churches are at risk of immediate closure. The average spend per year has been £42 million. It is now capped at £23 million, and individual places of worship...

Beloved apostle to Ireland St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. If you’ve ever been in New York on St Patrick’s Day, you’d think he was the patron saint of New York as well… the flamboyant parade is full of American/Irish razzmatazz. It’s all a far cry from the hard life of this 5th...

Patron saint of fathers and holy death Why should St Joseph’s day be in March? Surely, he belongs to Advent and Christmas, at Mary’s side in millions of nativity scenes around the world. In any case, as the foster-father of Christ and husband of Mary, Joseph played a major part in the story of the...

A Lent Reflection From the Vicar An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Psalms Reflecting Faith:  The Meaning of Baptism Praying the Prayer of Forgiveness Bearing fruit takes time Is it time you remembered ‘eureka!’? ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers A Lent Reflection  Somebody asked a Christian friend why he was eating...

Do you remember hearing your first Bible story? Most of us would have been children at the time. If you had the privilege of hearing them often, those stories would now be a part of you, giving you hope in dark times, and a way to understand the world around you, and a sure sense...

It was: 250 years ago, on 23rd March 1775 that Patrick Henry, a Founding Father of the United States, gave a famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention. He called for America’s independence from Britain, saying “Give me liberty or give me death!” 175 years ago, on 5th March 1850 that the Britannia Bridge linking...