I could recite the [Civil Service] Code to you, and I believe it, along with probably the Book of Common Prayer, is one of the two things I can hold in my memory

Olly Robbins, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, giving evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, 21 April

Vance saying the Pope should be more careful when talking about theology is like saying Rory McIlroy should be more careful when talking about golf

Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics newsletter, 19 April

I think there is something demonic, in the wider sense, in the political culture of the United States at the moment, that the permission being given to articulate in the name of God views which are, I think, completely antithetical to the gospel

Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, The Edition, The Spectator, 17 April

Should an afterlife exist, his [President Trump’s] best hedge against eternal damnation is being so radioactively unpleasant that Satan would balk at spending five minutes with him, let alone an eternity

Marina Hyde, The Guardian, 17 April

[St George’s] example calls us all to face the “dragons” of modern life — fear, injustice, intolerance, persecution, and moral compromise — with integrity and love. In this sense, the ideals of chivalry — courage, compassion, and care for others —are not just medieval ideals, but a living way of embodying faith in our everyday lives

Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, The Times, 18 April

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