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John Calvin discovery is ‘a bombshell’

A long-lost manuscript discovered in the Library of Geneva sheds new light on gloomy reformer, John Calvin

In praise of online church

As 1000 churches go online due to coronavirus, Steve Goddard reminds us why virtual church can be so good

Lead us not into augmentation

When livestreaming the church service doesn’t go exactly as the Roman Missal says it should

Hope at the end of the world

Simon Parke asks: How do we find hope as the uncertainty of coronavirus takes hold?

A rosary that knows when you pray

The holy beads which twin with an app on your phone to turn your prayers digital

Religious futures

A poem by Rupert Loydell reflects on tools for learning how to pray
Last supper scene in the game I Am Jesus Christ

Perfect for megalomaniacs

A new console game, ‘I am Jesus Christ’, is the perfect present to give your egotistical boss
Photos of the Bible that stopped a Bolivian bullet

Bible takes a bullet

A Bible in a pocket has saved the life of a Bolivian police officer, with some extra help
Baby Jesus of Guadalupe

World’s biggest Baby Jesus

The world's biggest Baby Jesus has knocked the previous holder of the title out of its manger

In praise of holy fools

In celebration of the feast day of our patron saint, Simon Jenkins muses on holy fools, ancient and modern
Pastor Orr dangles above his congregation in Mississippi

Lo! He comes on wires descending

Mississippi pastor drops in on his congregation to tell them about the Second Coming
Auto de Fe in the Plaza Mayor de Madrid, 1683

Reporting yourself to the Inquisition

The story of a soldier who turned himself in to the religious police is tweeted by an historian
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