John Fox

It should set itself against the propaganda of lies and hatred..... It should set its face against any war of extermination or enslavement, and any measures directly aimed to destroy the morale of a population."

Bishop George Bell (1938): "[The Church in wartime should not hesitate] to condemn the infliction of reprisals, or the bombing of civilian populations, by the military forces of its own nation. (1/2)

The Christian in-fighting is so tiresome. When I was in Japan, we found an English-speaking Church that presented as generically Protestant. It was very small, maybe 40 people at each service. We started talking to the Pastor and asked him about denomination. He just shrugged and said "We don't focus on that too much. There really aren't many Christians here." In a Christian country where there are Catholic and Orthodox and Baptist and Presbyterian Churches on every corner, denominational differences seem profound. And don't get me wrong, there are meaningful schisms that we shouldn't shy away from debating. But ultimately, the majority of the world rejects Christ. As Christians, we are the minority. And many Christians around the world are still persecuted for their faith. There is so much work that needs to be done for Christ, and I strongly believe that Christians are more equipped to do it when we all work together.

Maybe my favorite Pope Francis moment. 🥹

It's got to be either "What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerning wild fowl?" or "Explain the Christian faith in ten minutes to someone who has never heard of it"

No more moving or privileged part of the parson’s year than watching the people you’ve been asked to love come, with all their secret pains and joys, to the foot of the cross.

Did you know that the oldest recorded poem in English is about Good Friday? This is The Dream of the Rood - a poem where the cross of Christ talks to the poet about the crucifixion - read in Old English by Dr Alexandra Zhirnova, at @StPaulsLondon.

“What would you say to a young Christian who is nervous about the future?” I love @TimKellerNYC’s answer. I think about it every Easter.

Lighten our darkness!

HAHAHAHAHA. So good. If the Dems want to win, more of this.

"And they said....let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven...."

The first image is La Pietà by Michelangelo, depicting the Mother of God cradling her Son after His crucifixion. The second image was taken on Palm Sunday 2026 in Plateau State, Nigeria, a grieving mother holding her only son, tragically murdered by terr0rists. Both scenes echo the same piercing sorrow: a mother holding her only son, lost in a moment of profound and tragic suffering.

@dom_potwor Everyone here is right: traditionally choir dress (cassock, surplice, preaching scarf), 1662 is designed for graveyard burial.

Help me Anglican twitter I need your help? What would be the appropriate vestments for a vicar to wear at a graveside burial, assuming this is a relatively high and dry funeral. Which rite in the Prayer Book would be used? Many thanks.

Palm Sunday.

JUST IN: Israeli Police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre today, as he went to say Mass. @LPJerusalem calls it a “grave precedent” which “constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.” Full statement from @LPJerusalem below —— Joint Press Release The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of Jerusalem Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. The two were stopped en route, while proceeding privately and without any characteristics of a procession or ceremonial act, and were compelled to turn back. As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This incident is a grave precedent,and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem. The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide, who, during these days of Easter, turn their eyes to Jerusalem and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Preventing the entry of the Cardinal and the Custos, who bear the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places, constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure. This hasty and fundamentally flawed decision, tainted by improper considerations, represents an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land express their profound sorrow to the Christian faithful in the Holy Land and throughout the world that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.

@cath_cov Also as usual the impulses are contradictory. C of E leading National Ceremonies means prayer (point 3) and the monarch (point 4) and arguably the Lords as well. Also those same people queue to put their kids in Church schools. Oops.

If we are going to have a political order shaped by transitory public opinion ... Capital punishment will be restored (55%); welfare benefits will be withdrawn if employment is turned down (66%); the Royal Navy will be deployed in the Channel to stop the boats (71%).

@timothy_stanley The People in the revolutionary sense are always wrong. Hands up for lower taxes! Passed. Hands up for more services! Passed. How to square the circle and pay for everything? Blame the government.

Well, the public is awful. 🤷‍♂️

To mark the 470th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. Thomas Tallis' setting to the metrical version of Psalm 2. "Why fum'th in sight the gentiles spite". Here sung by Theatre of Voices under the direction of Paul Hillier. This still gives me goosebumps!

@WalkerMarcus I’m glad she has decided to attend. Right call. I will reserve my alleluias until every bishop has voted no, but I give her credit for good and decent priorities

I have to say, the reaction on here to Archbishop Sarah’s pilgrimage is very disappointing. First of all, the facts: she is breaking her pilgrimage to attend the Lords to vote on the abortion amendments, which obviously took some organisation because the pilgrimage was long planned and the date of the Lords debate only announced on Friday.

If your interpretation of a passage in the Bible requires specialist knowledge about the ancient world that Mrs Murphy in the pew does not have easy access to, it's not that important for the Christian life. Sorry.