Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu’s Christmas message is printed this year in, of all places, The Sun.
School Nativity plays can speak to all of us.
Like the star that led the wise men to the stable, the re-enactment of the Nativity story guides us to an understanding of the true meaning of Christmas. Many of [...]

President Bush today signed into law the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. This legislation is considered so important and valuable that he was applauded by a Democratic Congressional Representative, Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-chair of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus.
“Thousands of human trafficking victims are being held in often deplorable conditions in [...]

The public apology several Turkish scholars recently issued to Armenia has sparked a campaign to impel the government to issue a similar apology, in turn setting off a very heated national debate.
Nationalist political parties have strongly condemned the apology campaign. Janan Aritman, an MP from the opposition Republican People’s Party, accused President Abdullah Gul [...]

A Church of England bishop has sharply criticised the United States and Great Britain over brutal persecution of Christians in Iraq. The Rt Rev Graham James says the two countries’ invasion of Iraq has contributed to the obliteration of one of the world’s oldest Christian communities.
Despite having very strong Christian traditions, the US and [...]

The collect for today, the Feast Day of St Thomas, from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection; Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus [...]