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October 13, 2021

Leaders The Synod needs you Mass appeal should be for everyone Vocations need not be consigned to the past Diary – Adam Dant Columns Long Division – In an age of medical apartheid, it’s time for some acts of love, Constance Watson Reading runes – Revelling in the theology of George Mackay Brown, Serenhedd James Compulsory Church

The spy who became a monk

October 13, 2021

The remarkable story of Dom Joseph Coombe-Tennant, a gifted child who became a maverick war hero before settling into priesthood

Learning difficulties and lockdowns

October 13, 2021

Elisa Segrave looks at how the past 18 months has affected children with learning difficulties and the lives of their parents, teachers and carers

Stewarding the flock

October 13, 2021

Good chaplaincy should help pupils navigate their school days, says Ferdie Rous

The tolerance of George III

October 13, 2021

Despite implacable opposition to emancipation, the king held his Roman Catholic subjects in high esteem

October Diary: Reflecting on the plight of refugees

October 13, 2021

Anna Somers Cocks on the plight of those left behind in Afghanistan, the apps offering a window on that country, and the challenges of her Italian garden

Diary: Art without God

October 13, 2021

Adam Dant on the EU's art collection

The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Dorchester-upon-Thames

October 13, 2021

St Birinus, probably a monk of St Andrew’s Benedictine Monastery on the Caelian Hill in Rome, was ordered by Pope Honorius I to England in 634 AD to convert the West Saxons. A year later he landed at Southampton. He succeeded in converting Cynegils, the West Saxon king. The latter gave St Birinus Dorchester-upon-Thames, as

Social unrest appeased in Colombia, but crisis goes on

October 13, 2021

In April, massive demonstrations exploded in Cali and in several Colombian cities. A combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfaction, and the Covid-19 pandemic led many people, especially the youth, to demand President Iván Duque’s impeachment. After a few months, the mobilization lost momentum, even though a political solution has never emerged. But now many hope