"In 1223 Francis decided to celebrate Christmass in the small village of Greccio, which is located just outside Rieti in the Lazio region of Italy. In a small cave chapel he constructed the first nativity scene," (The Very Rev'd Dr Peter Catt)

Dates & Seasons

"You have come to us as a small child"

“Bernard of Clairvaux and his Cistercian order led the rediscovery of the importance of Christmass as the celebration of God coming amongst us; the celebration of the incarnation, of the Word made flesh, to pick up the imagery to be found in John 1,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

International

Latest "English Hymnal" descendant christened in London

It wasn’t a thousand voices shouting to the saints, as one of the hymns in the sample booklet put it; but about 80 people gathered in St James’s, Sussex Gardens, in London recently to put a fair wind behind the latest revision of the famous green-bound hymn book whose first music editor, in 1906, was the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, then only 33 years old

Reflections

Artificial intelligence and the human condition

“The complexity of the human experience provides a clue as to why Christmas involves the idea of God entering into that full human experience in the person of Jesus,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Dates & Seasons

Tough Questions: Why are Matthew's and Luke’s accounts of Jesus’ birth so different?

“An author’s silence about an event need not signify that it did not happen. It is therefore judicious to reconcile the two gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth by recognising that neither author detailed every aspect of the narrative,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey

International

WCC general secretary reflects on justice, reconciliation, and unity at All Africa Conference of Churches assembly

World Council of Churches general secretary The Rev’d Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay stood before the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly to reflect on unity, reconciliation, and justice