President Donald Trump spent his second day in a row on his Washington D.C. area golf course Sunday, opting to play the links after he encouraged churches to reopen for services. While Washington D.C. remains under a stay-at-home order, parts of Virginia and Maryland have entered phase one of reopening, which allows religious institutions to reopen … Read more
All academic institutions like to think of themselves as a cut above. But there is probably no institution in Britain quite as grand as Christ Church, Oxford. Founded by Henry VIII in 1546, it is one of the richest of Oxford University’s 39 colleges, with architecture designed by Sir Christopher Wren and an endowment approaching … Read more
The Church of England last night warned children will suffer if they are not able to return to the classroom, as pressure mounted on teachers’ unions to end their boycott of back-to-school plans. Cabinet minister Michael Gove yesterday escalated the row by telling union leaders: ‘If you really care about children, you will want them … Read more
Europe’s OLDEST time capsule – dating back to 1797 – is discovered hidden in a Polish church spire, containing coins and building documents The capsule was discovered hidden in a church spire during renovation on the building in Ziebice, Poland Documents within refer to the construction of the 18th century church, written in German and … Read more
A brave nurse has sent a heartbreaking apology to a church warden who was stabbed to death on a supermarket shopping trip saying: ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.’ NHS worker Lisa Way, 53, was also injured in the attack inside a village Co-op where grandfather John Rees, 88, was killed as his wife Eunice … Read more
The other day I learnt that an old friend had died. But although I can accept this as a matter of fact, I can’t really take it in because there has been no shared recognition among those who knew her that her life is over. There hasn’t been a funeral. Tens of thousands of people … Read more
Healthcare professionals who attend religious services at least once a week are less likely to die despair-related deaths such as suicide, a new study suggests. US researchers found women who attended religious services weekly had a 68 per cent lower risk of death from despair compared to those never attended. Men who went to services … Read more
A church warden was stabbed to death in a Co-op yesterday as his dementia-suffering wife waited in the car, it has been revealed. Church warden John Rees, 88, left his wife Eunice, 87, in their Honda car while he queued up at a convenience store in Pen-y-Graig, south Wales on Tuesday for their weekly shop. … Read more
Italian church that was filled with coronavirus coffins is empty for the first time in weeks in symbol of hope that the country is beating Covid-19 Giorgio Gori took to Twitter to celebrate recent drop in deaths and infections Gomi added: ‘We said that we could beat the virus and it seems it is happening’ … Read more