Roger Steer

From the Boston bombings to a civilization of love

Here is the text of the sermon preached by Cardinal Seán O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, on Sunday 21 April 2013 at a Mass for the repose of the souls of those who died as a result of the bombings at...

Aung San Suu Kyi and the Bible

Interesting to hear Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Pro-Democracy leader, say on Desert Island Discs, that her grandfather was a converted Christian and that she used to read the Bible to him every evening. He was, she said, the...

David Suchet (Poirot) to uncover the story of Paul

In a major new series for BBC1, actor David Suchet sets out on a personal journey around the Mediterranean to uncover the story of a man he has longed to play - the biblical Saint Paul. Paul did more than...

Tom Wright on women bishops

“But that would be putting the clock back,” gasps a feckless official in one of C. S. Lewis’s stories. “Have you no idea of progress, of development?” “I have seen them both in an egg,” replies the young hero. “We...

Fabrice Muanda’s remarkable story

Fabrice Muamba was on a BBC Radio 5Live special talking about his recovery from a heart attack. In the half-hour-long interview, Muamba spoke to Reading striker Jason Roberts about how he's coming to terms with the situation – having...

The genius of Tolstoy in Anna Karenina

Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky (Stiva) has had an affair with a French governess. His wife, Dolly, has found a note which reveals that the affair has been going on. She is distraught and devastated. Anna Karenina (Oblonsky’s sister) travels fromPetersburgto...

Are the bones of John the Baptist on an island off Bulgaria?

 In a fortnight's time I shall be in Bulgaria working in an orphanage at Burzitsa. For the last two summers I have swum in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria and hope to do so again during...

Joshua Lim’s story

Joshua Lim graduated this Spring from Westminster Seminary California, where he earned his MA in historical theology. He was born and brought up in the American Episcopal Church. He spent a few years in college as a Baptist before moving...

Charles Darwin’s support of Christian missionaries

During the last 15 years of his life, Charles Darwin became a supporter and donor to the South American Missionary Society (SAMS). He had become an admirer of Christian missionary work during his voyage on the Beagle, having first...

I agree with William Rees-Mogg who argued in yesterday's London Times that Darwinism has become a trendy pseudo-religion for people who regard all religions as equally irrational because unscientific. That is not of course to...