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Could you live happily without the BBC?   Just try it for two weeks. That was the recent challenge of the corporation’s outgoing chairman, Sir David Clementi, to a group of critics who said they resented the licence fee. Apparently, nine days later, two thirds of the critics had changed their mind and said that the...

** Mea Culpa A group of lads took a trip to France and decided to attend Mass in a small town, even though none of them understood French. They managed to stand, kneel and sit when the rest of the congregation did, so it wouldn’t be obvious they were tourists. At one point, the priest...

Amnesty International was founded in London 60 years ago, on 28th May 1961. A non-governmental organisation with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, Amnesty International focuses on human rights and is believed to have more than seven million members and supporters around the world. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for its...

Two centuries after the death of Mary Bouffler, the first woman sent out in her own right by Church Mission Society to be a missionary overseas, CMS is honouring the achievements of inspiring women who followed in Bouffler’s footsteps, to share their faith and transform communities. Bouffler travelled to Sierra Leone in 1820 and tragically...

When Van Gogh painted ‘The Raising of Lazarus’, he turned to Rembrandt for inspiration. But in place of the figure of Jesus, he painted a warm, glowing sun, radiant in the sky, and shining out to bring renewal of life to Lazarus and his sisters. From time immemorial people have placed the sun at the...

How far would you go to respond to God’s call on your life? When, as the daughter of a peasant family in Champagne in 1426, 14-year-old Joan heard heavenly voices calling her to ‘save France’ from the English, she decided to obey the call, no matter what the consequences. Teenage girls who want to rescue...

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Troops from the massive army of Marxist Eritrea have been massacring the Christian people of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Recently, three days of slaughter in the region left more than 100 dead. They are only the latest victims, for already hundreds more Christians have died at the hand of the Eritrean forces in Axum, in central...

The Church of England Pensions Board (CEPB), which represents £3 billion AUM and supports 41,000 pension scheme members, has published its first annual Stewardship Report. The Report has shown how it seeks to drive real world impact through its leadership and collaborative approach on climate change and extractive industries. This is the first Pensions Board report...

Think twice before you knock down internal walls in your house and move over to open-plan living. If you are married, it does not lead to happiness. So says Sarah Beeney, the TV property presenter.  She points out that open-plan living means that “you cannot shut a door” after rowing with your partner. The star,...

How long until life gets really back to normal, and the pandemic is brought under control? If you feel like asking God that, you’re in good company. This past year has taken its toll on our relationships, our economy, and on our collective mental health. ‘How long, O Lord?’ is a question that has been...

That is the stark warning of the Disasters Emergency Committee coalition of UK aid agencies, who says that the economic devastation caused by the pandemic is leading to increasing hunger in poorer countries. Thousands are likely to die this year as the knock-on effect of Covid-19 worldwide has left millions less able to afford food....