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The vicar going about his parish or her parish, they do things which many people are completely unaware of. . . They are part of the community, not just as social workers, but as friends to the friendless; and, if they go, then nobody will replace...
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Even if this tournament hasn’t brought football home, perhaps it might do so for religion Bijan Omrani, in a Telegraph article that referred to England’s and France’s players praying together after the third-place play-off match on Saturday, 19 Ju...
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Neither following Jesus nor following the England team are things I’m satisfied doing on my own David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, Thought for the Day, Radio 4, 13 July In embracing the rich generosity of this personal God, I’ve accepted my neu...
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July 18, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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There were three institutions that made him, shaped him — meant something to him. They were Everton Football Club, the Labour Party and the Catholic Church. In that order “How the Catholic Church shaped Andy Burnham”, Patrick Maguire, The Times, 2...
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June 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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"I’ve sometimes heard preachers tell me that we need more of this Holy Spirit. And, yes, I know what they mean. But I have a different prayer. If we are going to change the world, I think the Holy Spirit needs more of us"

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I’ve sometimes heard preachers tell me that we need more of this Holy Spirit. And, yes, I know what they mean. But I have a different prayer. If we are going to change the world, I think the Holy Spirit needs more of us Stephen Cottrell, Archbisho...
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May 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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"My favourite film. A toss-up between Andrei Rublev and The Muppet Christmas Carol" - Rowan Williams, The Times

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I view Trump as chemo. America has cancer. Trump is toxic, and I think he’s killing the cancer faster than he’s killing the rest of us Doug Wilson, pastor to the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, “Lunch with the FT”, Financial Times, 9 May My fa...
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May 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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"Like the Church of England, Football Focus was gentle, measured and paternalistic."

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Like the Church of England, Football Focus was gentle, measured and paternalistic Ben Rumsby, the Telegraph, 25 April, on the announcement that the BBC programme Football Focus is to be axed after 52 years I think there’s a desire among some peo...
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Like the Church of England, Football Focus was gentle, measured and paternalistic Ben Rumsby, the Telegraph, 25 April, on the announcement that the BBC programme Football Focus is to be axed after 52 years I think there’s a desire among some peo...
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May 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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"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" - Sir Olly Robbins

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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 Devel...
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April 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Golf Icon Hisako Higuchi's Career Highlights on Display at New Museum | JAPAN Forward
The museum, located at Matsumoto Asama Country Club in Nagano Prefecture, has about 600 items of memorabilia from the golf legend's career.
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April 19, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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"Christian nationalism is not Christianity. You’re taking some very conventional, somewhat obnoxious, beliefs and cloaking them in Christ" - #GeorgeSaunders

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It [Christian nationalism] is not Christianity. You’re taking some very conventional, somewhat obnoxious, beliefs and cloaking them in Christ. And if one was to study Christ’s teachings . . . it would make you more compassionate and more open, lik...
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April 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Ichiro Suzuki Statue Unveiled with a Broken Bat in Seattle | JAPAN Forward
Before a Seattle Mariners game on April 10, the team honored MLB Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. The bronze statue's bat was fixed before the game began.
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April 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Asked by the Daily Mail if the Prince [of Wales] believes in God, the response from Kensington Palace last night was unequivocal: ‘Of course’” Robert Hardman, Daily Mail, 23 March Being a believer, or at least convincingly seeming to be a believ...
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March 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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"Every archbishop starts, like every president or prime minister, with expectations being thrown at them. Realising you’re not going to be able to meet them is part of the job. It is no walk in the park" - Rowan Williams
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Every archbishop starts, like every president or prime minister, with expectations being thrown at them. Realising you’re not going to be able to meet them is part of the job. It is no walk in the park Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbu...
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March 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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The growth in Bible sales has been very much against the tide of the trade non-fiction market which has been in decline for several years Sam Richardson, The Bookseller, 9 March If we are to understand why so many clergy experience depression, w...
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March 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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I’ve been seeing a psychotherapist for a considerable period of time, and a psychiatrist. Very helpful. . . It’s not about saying, “Oh, it didn’t matter,” or anything like that, quite the reverse — how does one live with such a failure? Justin Wel...
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We will preserve Britain’s Christian heritage and end the incendiary practice of converting churches into mosques or any other place of worship Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s “Shadow Home Secretary”, Daily Mail, 23 February I don’t think it’s very commo...
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February 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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I am most aware of every occasion on which members of the Church, or the Church as a whole, have failed — most especially when the vulnerable have been abused Richard Moth at his installation as Archbishop of Westminster, 14 February In a world...
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February 20, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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It is time we recognise, as faith leaders, that we play an important role in the health of our communities — spiritual health, of course, but also social, mental, and emotional health Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury, speech in the General...
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February 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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