“Where the attacks of 9/11 showed the very worst of humanity, the hours and days that followed revealed the very best in humanity,” a United States diplomat, Elizabeth Martin-Shukrun, said at an event in London to mark the 25th anniversary. #ChurchTimes

💷 Does Andy Burnham have the skills to escape financial traps, ✍️ Mark D’Arcy #Comment #ChurchTimes

➡️ Church leaders have expressed gratitude after MPs rejected a Bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales on its Second Reading, by 286 to 270 votes. #ChurchTimes #AssistedDying

📖 Review: Alex W. Muir welcomes a learned study, if also an idiosyncratic one — Reverberations of Good News by George van Kooten #BookReview #ChurchTimes

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A report commissioned by the Prime Minister and championing the “significant yet largely unrecognised role” of churches across England was presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society on Tuesday. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

The Vice-President of the United States, J. D. Vance, has said that the state of the world means that he would not be surprised if “the Antichrist was walking amongst us” today. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

📬 Letters: Among the topics this week: Festival of Creation in Christ; PM’s support for Ukraine; and Dr Arday’s research and what his memoirs said #LettersToTheEditor #ChurchTimes

📕 Review: David Chillingworth on a masterly work by a Booker Prizewinner — John of John, by Douglas Stuart (@Doug_D_Stuart) #BookReview #ChurchTimes

📰 From our archive: September 3rd, 1926. #Archives #ChurchTimes

🇦🇲 The Armenian Apostolic Church has condemned Armenian government and parliamentary interference in its internal affairs, as another judge declined to preside over the trial of its Catholicos, Karekin II. #ChurchTimes #WorldNews

📸 Stories of the week: 500 paper birds in Wigan, and the Greenbelt Festival in Kettering #photos #ChurchTimes

🙏 Rob Hawkins draws a lesson from the Sainsbury Centre’s exhibition ‘Living by the Rule’ #ChurchTimes #Faith

📚 Fiction round-up: Susan Gray reviews novels just published or soon to appear #Books #Reviews #Arts #ChurchTimes

💬 Leader Comment: ‘A new campaign, Back to School, offers a sobering reminder of the situation facing schoolchildren in many African countries’ #ChurchTimes #Comment

Christian Aid has welcomed the announcement by the Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, that the UK will impose sweeping trade sanctions on Israel 🇮🇱. #ChurchTimes

📻 Review: Gerry Lynch on the history of Norman Britain through the Bayeux Tapestry, and how the ‘sacramental power’ of singing praise informed an American gospel musician #ChurchTimes

📺 Review: Jayne Manfredi on the ‘chilling case’ of an abusive church leader, and the story of an Australian breakdancer #ChurchTimes

🪏 Bishop of Madhya Kerala 🇮🇳 grows crops on diocesan land, raising about £6,000 a year #ChurchTimes #WorldNews

🗯️ Analysis: Whose interests are served by words of contrition for past wrongs, asks Stephen Cherry #Analysis #ChurchTimes #PublicApologies