In the Grand Hall of London’s Central Criminal Court, ubiquitously known as the Old Bailey, lies a plaque commemorating the courage of the jury in the 1670 trial of William Penn. Penn – who would later found the US state of Pennsylvania – and his co-accused were Quakers, charged with contravening the Conventicle Act 1664,…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring him a doctor of the church and holding him up as a model for Catholic educators. Only 37 other people have been given…
Forget the adage that “cleanliness is next to godliness”. Graffiti – of a sort – is now welcome at the spiritual home of global Anglicanism in southeast England, much to the ire of US Vice-President J.D. Vance. A new exhibition of graffiti-style artworks posing ordinary people’s questions to God now adorns the hallowed walls of…
new video loaded: Sarah Mullally Is the First Female Leader of the Church of England transcript Back transcript Sarah Mullally Is the First Female Leader of the Church of England The Church of England on Friday appointed Sarah Mullally as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglican Christians worldwide. Mullally, a…