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Television: Why I’m not in a stew over the Bake Off sale
before i get into this week’s review, we have to talk about the great british bake off. you’re doubtless aware that the bbc has been outbid ...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: Biblical drama sinks to Up Pompeii! level
john wolfson’s the inn at lydda , at shakespeare’s globe theatre, is based on an incident recorded in the death of pilate, which can be foun...
Robert Tanitch
The Christian way to relieve stress
living with the mind of christ by stefan gillow reynolds, dlt, £12.99 contemplative christianity is an obvious precursor of modern “mindfuln...
Jane Taylor
Briefly noted
the catholic church and the campaign for emancipation in ireland and england by ambrose macaulay (four courts press, £35) . the long campaig...
Staff writers
Word This Week
the 26th sunday of the year amos 6:1 & 4-7; 1 tim 6:11-16; lk 16:19-31 (year c) "woe to those ensconced so snugly in zion and to those w...
Bishop David McGough
Prize crossword 0458
cryptic across 8 king of moab is not king longer, being 2 (5) 9 last word to a detective retiring to smart part of rio (7) 10 type of card n...
Alun Evans
Thérèse Vanier: the L'Arche founder who looked reality in the eye
Vanier gave up her job as a hospital consultant to start the first L'Arche community in Britain
Francis Phillips
Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like
The boy reportedly 'liked' a picture of a holy Islamic site in Mecca on the social networking site
Associated Press
'Violence is the work of the Devil,' says Pope on world day of prayer for peace
The Pope reflected on peace during his morning homily before travelling to Assisi
Catholic News Service
Religious leaders in Assisi praise Patriarch Bartholomew as a great ecumenist
Jewish, Anglican and Catholic leaders celebrated the 25th anniversary of the patriarch's enthronement
Junno Arocho Esteves
Blood of St Januarius liquefies once again in Naples Cathedral
The liquefaction occurred on Monday, the saint's feast day
Staff Reporter
Whose legacy will last longer?
Benedict XVI favoured a slow, step-by-step approach to reform, while Francis prefers sweeping initiatives that advance quickly
Fr Raymond de Souza
There's a good reason Christians rarely take up arms in the Middle East
Christian militias are merely defending villages from an enemy that will show no mercy. But in doing so they must make dangerous choices
Gerard Russell
Fighting fire with fire
ISIS has brought terror to Iraq's Christian community. Now there's a military fightback – but could it make things even worse?
Ed West
The Middle East’s century of Christian warfare
we are accustomed to seeing christians in the middle east as always being victims of discrimination and violence. and so they are, and have ...
Gerard Russell
Fighting fire with fire
this month a christian army in iraq achieved a spectacular victory when it drove isis out of the northern village of badanah. as is fitting ...
Ed West
Whose legacy will last longer?
will the reforms of pope francis survive his own pontificate? the summer of 2016 brought much activity on the curial reform front, with the ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Theatre: Branagh steps into Olivier’s comic shoes
it was the unexpected casting of laurence olivier as archie rice in john osborne’s the entertainer which made its premiere in 1959 so memora...
Robert Tanitch
Music: Rattle needs to rein in his shining stallions
whenever simon rattle brings his berlin philharmonic to britain, there’s a sense of boy-made-good about it that’s infectious. hearts inflate...
Michael White
The illness which gave Dostoyevsky joy
a smell of burning by colin grant, jonathan cape, £16.99. colin grant, a doctor who works as a radio producer for the bbc, was prompted to w...
Charlie Hegarty
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