‘Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples’ declared the BBC News website. It was not alone in this. Anglo-American newspapers, news outlets, and websites emblazoned across their banners this seemingly huge shift in the ethics and polity of the Roman Catholic Church. Liberal Roman Catholics such as James Martin SJ rejoiced; conservative Catholics were outraged. It … Continue Reading
When Pope Benedict came to Scotland in late 2010, he spoke again and again with crowds, particularly of young people. His main theme, in one place after another, was Jesus. The heart of what he wanted to say was that to have a personal relationship with Jesus was the most important thing there could be. … Continue Reading
The phrase “Electoral College” has been much discussed recently around the election of the new President of the United States of America. An older “Electoral College,” the Papal Conclave of the College of Cardinals, meets in the Sistine Chapel of the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican whenever a new pope is to be elected. In … Continue Reading
What are we to make of Pope Francis changing Roman Catholic teaching on capital punishment?
Graham Kings considers Cardinal Walter Kasper’s book The Catholic Church, provides a summary and commentary on Kasper’s address at the recent Conference on Vatican II at Georgetown University and includes a key Vatican II text on Unity and Communion
So what does an evangelical Anglican make of spending two weeks at an Extraordinary Synod of the Church of Rome?
A review of Pope Francis recent Apostolic Exhortation EVANGELII GAUDIUM
A poem written at Hilfield Friary, Dorset, following two earlier poems on 'Karol Wojtyla: Polish Pope' and 'Joseph Ratzinger: European Pope'
The Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings is Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely and Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.
Reflections on the 450th anniversary of Bishop John Jewel's 'Apologia'
The Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings is Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely and Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.
Tom Wright for Everyone Putting the Theology of N.T. Wright into practice in the Local Church (SPCK £9.99) by Stephen Kuhrt So what caused me to write a book with the somewhat cheeky title Tom Wright for Everyone? My motivation was simple: to provide more people with access to the ground-breaking biblical scholarship of N.T. … Continue Reading