martyrdom

For nearly seven years, I worked at the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity, as part of the staff of the Archbishops’ Council....

The commemoration of the Feast of St. Stephen on the second day of Christmastide can, at times, evoke a sense of dissonance. As one...

By Eugene R. Schlesinger Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 23:34 Lord, do not hold this sin against them. Acts 7:60 Let...

Terrance Malick's new film about one man's resistance to Hitler is drenched in poetic repetition of Christian symbol, as integral to his signature film-craft as the play of natural light, the close study of human faces and hands, or voice-over delivered in a near whisper.

From the Archives

Bp. Philip Mountstephen: “There is a lot of post-colonial guilt around a residual sense that the Christian faith is an expression of white Western privilege.”

It is hardest to be a Christian in North Korea, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, according to the latest research by Open Doors.

Stephen’s brief ministry and death participate in and therefore set before us the continuous act of suffering known as the incarnation of the Divine Word.

Archbishop of Canterbury writes in defense of Middle Eastern Christians.

Samuel Enosa Peni: “Many church leaders have been killed. They take everything on your body.”