4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (996+ words) A question for Christians is, however, how much does faith matter? Using an evangelical understanding of Aquinas’ theological and cardinal virtues, I analyse their deterioration, the consequences and hope for the future. Data shows that Britain in 1939 was a much…...

23+ hour, 44+ min ago   (595+ words) Formally backed at a conference in Accra, Ghana, ‘The African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values’ sets out a series of principles covering family life, national resources, agriculture, trade and participation in international agreements. Supporters say the document is intended…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (491+ words) The Christian Institute has warned that government plans to give cohabiting couples the same rights as married couples could not only further disincentivise marriage, but also place a barrier on couples getting together at all. A government consultation is currently…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1135+ words) In its new report, ‘Finnishing Marriage? Lessons from Finland’s cohabitation reforms’, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned that proposals to automatically give some cohabiting couples additional legal entitlements over property and finances risk having unforeseen effects on marriage,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1111+ words) I am old enough to remember the days when there was a choice between three television channels, BBC 1, BBC 2 and the local ITV company (which in my case was the late lamented Southern Television) and when if you wanted to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (567+ words) Efforts by both the Westminster and Holyrood governments to ban “abusive” conversion therapy practices might suggest that there are a great many victims of such practices up and down the country. Setting aside the fact that it is already illegal…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1077+ words) Sean Theunissen, elder and operations lead at Claygate Church, based in Bournemouth, Southbourne and Poole, emphasised: “Bitcoin is not the gospel 2.0 – the church will never move away from its central message.” Bitcoin, explains the Cambridge Dictionary, is “a brand name…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (449+ words) The Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to do all within his power to secure the release of Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. Lai, a British citizen, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (422+ words) While south Pembrokeshire is largely English-speaking, the north of the county has developed its own distinctive dialect of Welsh. Rev Lyn Lewis Dafis, a local vicar with a deep interest in languages, translated the four Gospels into this dialect in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (599+ words) Saying “sorry” is one of the simplest things we do with words, yet it carries a moral weight that is anything but simple. At its best, it is not a social reflex or a way of easing discomfort after conflict....