This Sunday's readings: 4th Sunday of Lent

ALAS, we start sinning very soon. Even though one’s mother’s womb — unlike, say, Brighton at the weekend — does not offer a wide range of opportunities...

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Next Sunday’s readings: 5th Sunday of Lent; Passiontide begins

IN THE Cappella degli Scrovegni, the Arena Chapel, in Padua, there is a cycle of frescoes by the 14th-century Italian artist Giotto.

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Being a cheerful giver

THIS SERIES for Lent continues, looking at what the Church of England expects of its lay members (Faith, 8-22 February). It starts from the six rules...

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The crowning with thorns

The second sorrowful mystery, the scourging of Jesus, was about routine injustice and the banality of human cruelty.

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Defrost the refrigerator

WATER has always been short in the sertão, an area nearly four times the size of the UK

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