Leader: Christ — not just for Christmas

IT IS HARD to know how much credence to give to the seasonal round of stories about creeping secularism.

100 Years Ago: Political unrest in India

IT IS only absolute necessity that just­i­fies the suspen­sion of the liberty of the subject.

100 Years Ago: A Cathedral for Khartum

THE speeches delivered at the recent Mansion House meeting in support of the fund for building a Cathedral Church at Khartum were, it seems to us, unanswerable...

A glimmer of hope for the poor and the planet

‘Everyone seems to expect that Obama is going to come on a white chariot to save the planet’

Facing hard choices about the poor

IT IS beyond dispute that Karen Matthews was an inadequate mother with a chaotic lifestyle.

Giles Fraser: Celebrating where God gets real

Consider the case of Bernard Madoff, the New York financier who is said to have lost $50 billion of his clients’ money.

Paul Vallely: A gesture against a mighty power

THERE was much mirth all round when President Bush had a couple of shoes thrown at his head this week.

Simon Parke: Vulnerable as a baby

IT IS GOOD to remember a child at Christmas. But which one?

Prophetic, but no one was listening

‘People who got angry were not all prudes’

The season appeals to soul, mind, and spirit

There are several attitudes towards Christmas.

A learning Church is healthy

‘The Church also needs to engage with research that does not have an obvious, utilitarian appeal’



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