Although many of the Edwardine bishops of the new Church of England tried hard to get rid of mediaeval stone altars, numbers survived, not all in remote areas. The example in the N transept (the Cornwell chantry) at Asthall (Oxon) [...]

Barbara Ross considers the feast which crowns the year   The Feast of Christ the King was introduced by Pius XI in 1925 and celebrated in October. It is also known as the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, Lord of all [...]

Philip Warner weighs the word of God against malicious gossip   Twice in our Sunday liturgy we hear ‘This is the word of the Lord’ and respond joyfully ‘Thanks be to God’. Scripture has been part of liturgical celebration from [...]

Giles Orton celebrates St Vincent de Paul through priestly and episcopal ministry   The harvest is plenty, but the labourers are few. How many of us have even noticed that the harvest has been happening this month? I happen to [...]

Martyn Gough reflects on Remembrance in the Armed Forces   “Father, can we just pause for 10 minutes over the site, say some prayers, drop a wreath and then we can sail on?” Those were the words said to me [...]

Richard Doney, a Catholic candidate in the Synod elections, takes stock and looks to the future   “What’s the point then? You’re just wasting your time.” I had explained to one of my children that my chances of winning a [...]

Paul Benfield looks at proposals for reform in the National Church Institutions   The Church of England is not a single legal entity, but consists of various inter-related and inter-dependent charities at national, diocesan and parish level. This makes for [...]

General Synod Elections 2021   Though the elections to General Synod took place last month and awareness of them was high over the summer, a huge amount of effort went into them for many months prior including campaigning, supporting candidates [...]