Churchmen and politicians of all varieties are against poverty, but there’s a lot of disagreement when it comes to specifics. The poverty war is still a hot partisan issue, with Republicans ...

The churchmen's intervention came as a setback to Mr Blair, who responded to last week's million-strong march in London by vigorously asserting the "moral case for removing Saddam". Despite global ...

In medieval England it was only priests and churchmen who could read. However, non-churchmen were able to get around this by learning a verse from the Bible, which they would recite. This became ...