A Christian revival is under way

Dec 12, 2024 by

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Spectator: This is my second Christmas as a Christian. As an atheist, I had dismissed the bright lights and customs of Christmas as traditions that had evolved to keep our spirits up as the cold of winter creeps in....

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Abuse scandal triggers vote of no confidence in church leadership

Dec 9, 2024 by

by Kaya Burgess, The Times: Diocesan synod decision paves the way for a similar motion to be put before the CofE’s national assembly. A vote of no confidence in the Church of England’s most senior body of leaders and their ability to...

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Inside the awe-inspiring new Notre-Dame, the pride of Paris once again

Dec 8, 2024 by

by Henry Samuel, Telegraph: Five years after the devastating fire, the interior of the restored Gothic cathedral is a luminous joy to behold. Radiance, grandeur and beauty. Walking through Notre-Dame’s great door and into the cathedral’s...

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Parishes need to be liberated from the bureaucratic burden

Dec 6, 2024 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: The next Archbishop of Canterbury after Justin Welby inherits a national Church in numerical meltdown and groaning under a bureaucratic burden. On Thursday 5 December, the Church of England published its...

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Factfile: Notre Dame reopens after devastating fire

Dec 6, 2024 by

by Catherine Pepinster, Religion Media Centre: The medieval cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris will re-open on Saturday following a five-year refurbishment after the massive fire of 15 April 2019 came close to destroying France’s great...

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Civitas report calls for rethink of parishes

Dec 6, 2024 by

by Madeline Davies, Church Times: FURTHER “disempowerment” of parishes by the National Church Institutions should be challenged by the Ecclesiastical Committee, a new report from the think tank Civitas suggests. Drawing substantially on...

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