Be still and take hold of life

Bishop Mariann Budde urges us to embrace love and hope this Christmas

The Church of the Nativity still moves millions of people to tears and represents the power of hope. It is why, says the Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie, we flock to our local church at Christmas, no matter how far removed it may seem

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For two brief days, the eyes of the world were on the Vatican. Cardinal Vincent Nichols , Archbishop of Westminster, reveals what really happened when 133 cardinals met to elect Pope Leo XIV

We often feel we don’t have the time and headspace to be original or inventive, but art historian and author Katy Hessel says everyone can bring more creativity to their everyday. Here, she tells us how

JOHANN KERNER saw the woman coming out of the darkness. She looked ancient and she moved as slowly as a snail, her back bent. She was the most likely source of information he had seen on his travels.