Praying for Putin’s downfall, doom and destruction
There was a prayer for Ukraine in church on Sunday: “Lord, we pray for peace in Ukraine, and that Putin would see sense.” That was it. There was
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Rustat 1 – 0 Welby | Jesus College Cambridge must retain its memorial to Tobias Rustat
“Why is it so much agony to remove a memorial to slavery?” pleaded the Archbishop of Canterbury to Synod in February, as he bemoaned the fact
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Why doesn’t Patriarch Kirill excommunicate Putin forthwith?
In the flaming ruins and rubble of Mariupol, dogs are eating people and people are eating dogs. Bloodied corpses line the streets, some covered with
Welby and Kirill demand peace in Ukraine (but woolliness won’t stop war)
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Patriarch of Moscow have had a video conference in which they both agreed on the need for disciples of Jesus to
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Homes for Ukraine: finally, a refugee programme we can be proud of
It has taken a while, but the UK now has a compassionate refugee programme responsive to the crisis unfolding in Ukraine, which is the worst refugee
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The hypocrisy of the Canons of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Yesterday, the Rev’d Angela Tilby, an Emeritus Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, was blocked on Twitter by someone in the Cathedral. This
John Bercow had ‘unholy row’ with the Church over Speaker’s Chaplain
Former Speaker John Bercow has been found to be a “serial bully” and a “serial liar”. This is the judgment of an Independent Expert Panel
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Patriarch Kirill: Ukraine is paying for its Gay Pride
We know that Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow, doesn’t recognise the His Beatitude Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine, and that he wants the schismatic
Ukraine: no grave is large enough to contain the spirit of freedom
President Putin is turning cities to rubble, making life unlivable, and bombing civilians to kingdom come. The sacred Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial to
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Archbishop says Putin is the ‘Antichrist’, building the ‘Third Rome’
President Putin is not mad. Unless, that is, all those who believe their political mission to be a divine vocation are mad. He may be grievously
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RIP Sr Catherine Wybourne, aka Digitalnun
The most fragrant and blessed Christian presence on social media has entered into paradise. Our heads are bowed; a thousand teardrops mingle with the
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Ukraine’s freedom is the price of Europe’s peace
“Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him a right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbours?”
‘Legal but harmful’: making social media the arbiter of gospel truth
WARNING: This blog post is legal but harmful (potentially). If you proceed, there is a significant risk that the nature of the content might cause
Damned by a pronoun: priest invalidates baptism of hundreds by changing one word
The rite of baptism in the Roman Catholic Church is clear: the priest must say, “I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
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Welby: “Why is it so much agony to remove a memorial to slavery?”
This was the question posed by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week, in the context of the campaign to remove the memorial plaque to 17th-century