The Church of England is having a lively election campaign, attacking our divisive political culture and calling for a fresh vision for Britain. The Tories told the bishops to stop meddling, but the ...

In Poland, it’s hard to escape the cross. Ceremonies to open public buildings, fire stations, football pitches, even traffic circles, usually don’t take place without the blessing of a priest.

Otto English is the pen name used by Andrew Scott, a writer and playwright based in London. LONDON — The church in the Essex village where I grew up was typical of the kind that dotted the parishes of ...

Films from Ireland on church, politics and power are like papal canonisations – you wait for ages, then two arrive at once. Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, which screened in competition at Cannes, and John ...

Are you Team Church or Team State? OK, so maybe it doesn't quite work like that. But when Bishop of Norwich says clergy need to counter the "sex appeal of Russell Brand", hands fly to holsters. While ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From the way Pope Francis discusses sex and money in his first major papal pronouncement, you can tell a lot ...

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Christmas mass, 2014. Abanoub Ramsis/Demotix. All rights reserved.My joy at Pope Tawadros’ statement “If religion mixes with ...

Horizons has just published an extremely interesting book on Herbert Ganado, edited by Sergio Grech. For all those interested in the development of local politics, it is a must read. Some of the ...

Has the Church of England protected Britain from narrow secular nationalism? The influential political thinker Phillip Blond - creator of the concept of the "Red Tory" - argues that the establishment ...

“Thus passes the glory of the world.” These words used to be intoned at the beginning of each papal reign, to remind the new pope that although he may be a grand temporal figure, as Christ’s vicar ...