By Helen Richardson, Assistant Diocesan Secretary This week, BBC Radio 2’s Faith in the World Week reported that more than a third of British adults now live on their own,
Month: October 2013
A Missing Debate
Every community and every individual is affected to a greater or lesser extent by government cutbacks. But there is one area of public spending that appears to be attracting little
Who cares?
A mother was convicted last week of starving her four-year-old son to death. The newspaper headlines were stark and the pictures truly shocking. It was two years before the child’s
Honest vulnerability and simple living
Once again Pope Francis has hit the headlines, this time for revealing his anxiety over becoming Pope. Before his name was announced to the world, he sat in silence in
