Bertrand Audoin
: From Paris, With Hope
Maria Miller
: Equal Marriage Will Preserve the Institution of Marriage
Mehdi Hasan
: As a Muslim, I Struggle With the Idea Of Homosexuality - But I Oppose Homophobia
Damian Collins
: Freedom Cuts Both Ways in the Gay Marriage Debate
David Burrowes MP
: It Is Time to Support the British Traditions of Free Speech, Tolerance - And Marriage
The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, paid tribute to Lady Thatcher's "perseverance in struggle and courage". Here is the full text of his addres...
George Osborne wiped away a tear as the Bishop of London addressed Margaret Thatcher's funeral service in St Paul's on Wednesday morning. The Right...
We are social beings and interacting with others is crucial to our functioning and mental health. The loss of active family connections and any sense of community, inevitably lead to depression so the question is how do we bring socialisng back into these people's lives and can a sense of community actually be established?
Easter is celebrated like Christmas in our family. A rigid, clockwork routine year in, year out starting with the family breakfast, invasion of cousins, the Easter egg hunt (by mum - a notorious expert hider) and church.
As the number of people identifying themselves as Christian goes into steep decline, there is one place where religious debate is booming: online. ...
I, for one, am quite excited about the new Pope. It is easy to raise questions about his age - he is only 10 years younger than Ratzinger - but there are signs that there is something to like for everyone. For one, he marks the end of a long period of European dominance: it is sometimes hard to remember that half of the early Popes were from the Middle East and Africa.
Call it first day nerves, but the Pope stumbled into his new roll in near dramatic fashion. As he got off his elaborate seat at the beginning of th...
Call it first day nerves, but the Pope stumbled into his new roll in near dramatic fashion. As he got off his elaborate seat after the beginning of...
It's a steady career, with job security, intellectual stimulation, leadership opportunities and a heavenly retirement plan, which could be the reason ...
It's a relief to be able to call him Joseph. And it will be a relief once he's treated just like any other Joseph. It's been said before and it will be said again: there's a Ratzinger-sized space in Rome's nearest prison cell just waiting to be filled. The former Bishop of Rome should soon become the Inmate of Rome.
So why should rape and sexual assault be treated differently? Either we have faith in our justice system, or we don't... By protecting defendants, what are we saying about our confidence in the evidence presented - which includes the reliability of the witnesses involved?
In his first public appearance since announcing his resignation, Pope Benedict XVI said he had felt "almost physically" strengthened by the love and p...
By resigning, rather than dying in office, Pope Benedict has at last earned his place in the history books alongside his predecessor, making a unique contribution that no one could have imagined.
To some people, graffiti is a sin no matter where it’s found. Before... If so, those people are really going to hate the sight of this his...
A chaplain to the Queen tipped as a possible contender to be one of the first women bishops has hit out at the church over women bishops and gay marri...
We all know that it's one of the biggest barriers to aid effectiveness, a primary concern among the UK public when considering whether and how we should respond to global poverty, and a major obstacle faced by thousands of hard-working local community organisations in poor countries.
The university's feminist society labelled the decision "hugely discriminatory, deeply offensive and sexist to women"; no argument from me there, but just apply this quote to religion in general, whose history is mired in inescapably revolting attitudes towards women, and you need not change the phraseology.
Most worshippers put on their Sunday best for church, but women across the country have been asked to wear their apron to church on this week, to prot...
Exploring the question of religion's role in contemporary conflicts is not an end in itself. Rather it leads on to the question of how the different faiths can disagree constructively, and how interfaith dialogue can refine understanding of our disagreements - as well as building on our human commonalities for the Common Good. Answering that question would deserve a Nobel Prize.
There were flowers, hugs and two prolonged standing ovations at the General Synod today for the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. T...
Imagine if we lived in a world where we could all stop each other in the street, in the supermarket, at a bus stop. Where we could just all lightly offer each other a sign of peace whilst we waited in queues.
Charlotte Church’s former agent has hit back at claims the singer was pressured to perform at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding in exchange for positive pr...
Church schools should be more active in spreading the message of Christianity, a leading Church of England bishop has said. As the church faces sus...
Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from Tom Cruise due to worries that her daughter Suri would be sucked into the Church of Scientology, according to ...
It is not a good look for our country to still have the Church as legislators. I can't think of a less religiously-minded nation in Europe than England. We just don't give a toss about being told what to do by people in silly hats.
