Long before Theresa May reached Number 10, many had noticed her affinity for religious communities. Throughout the Coalition years she was an assiduous visitor of the parishes in her own constituency, perhaps inspired by her devout Anglo-Catholic father who – according to Giles Fraser – named her after St Teresa of Avila. Later, as a guest at Archbishop’s House in Victoria, she built good links beyond Lambeth Palace. In 2014 she played a leading part, with Pope Francis and Cardinal Nichols, in launching a global alliance of police chiefs to combat trafficking which holds its latest meeting in Rome this week.
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Expect some religion-friendly reforms from Theresa May and her gifted advisers
May's appointments bode well for faith communities, which past governments have too often neglected
Francis Davis
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