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Own goal: the Church of England and the World Cup Final

November 26, 2022

With the world’s eyes on Qatar, there’s a huge rumpus brewing in the clergy circles I move in – both face-to-face and on social media – about a suggestion by the Church of England that the World Cup Final on 18 December somehow trumps the last Sunday in Advent and that therefore traditional carol services

Seeds of hope in a barren wasteland

December 03, 2021

The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Land of the Prophets by Janine di Giovanni PublicAffairs, £22.99, 272 pages ________ “This is a book about dying communities, but it is also about faith.” Janine di Giovanni has written a moving and insightful portrait of the Middle East’s shrinking Christian population, which

Pope Francis: clergy in the Middle East should not be living in luxury

June 25, 2018

Some bishops and clergy in the region profess poverty but live like rich people, the Pope said

Everyone has a right to freely profess their faith, Pope Francis says

January 24, 2018

The Pope said the international community 'cannot remain mute' in the face of persecution

Mideast patriarchs call on Pope Francis to ‘scold’ world leaders over Christian exodus

August 12, 2017

Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs said only the 'Rock of Peter' could help

Clergy in Middle East must be the ‘last among the least’, says Pope

June 25, 2017

Francis urges priests and bishops to maintain 'evangelical closeness' to their flocks

Patriarch to consecrate the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart

June 23, 2017

The consecration by Cardinal Rai will take place at Fatima on Sunday

The Franciscans: a religious order for difficult times

May 03, 2017

The Church owes a significant debt to the order

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