New painting challenges image of St George the crusader

A new painting of St George by highly regarded artist Scott Norwood Witts, which depicts the saint as a man of compassion rather than a crusader, is to be unveiled at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark, to mark the saint’s day next week. The...

Christ is an unwanted gift for the religious

Romans 1.1-7; Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20; Matthew 1.18 – 25. “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place this way… to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which...