Ruth Gledhill

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  It would be wrong to deny communion to Biden

  The actions of the US bishops in so determinedly targeting this man, in further undermining the magisterial credibility of their self-damaged Church, at a time when the world needs the teachings of Jesus Christ more than ever, are deeply regrettable.

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  The Catholic Church desperately needs to change, but will it do so?

  There is a serious problem with clerical sex abuse and something - a lot - needs to change, writes Ruth Gledhill.

• How the evangelical right put Trump in the White House

  President Donald Trump was elected to the White House because evangelicals want a Bible-based America, according to the author of new book on US politics.

• Do we need a new 'Alfie's Law'?

  Few can have been unmoved by the desperately sad case of Alfie Evans, who died yesterday after the courts overruled his parents' wishes and allowed Alder Hey hospital to withdraw life support.

• More than chocolate: What my failures have taught me about the wrath of God

  Every Ash Wednesday for the past 10 or 20 years, I've made a desultory attempt to give up chocolate.

• Preach it! Could the Sermon of the Year competition revive this ancient art?

  It would be wonderful if the growing success of Sermon of the Year helped restore the religious sermon to its central place in public life – and private – life.

• A new reformation? How the Internet is challenging traditional sources of authority

  An edited version of The Ebor Lecture delivered in York last month where Ruth Gledhill reflects on the power of the internet to challenge and change.

• 500 years after Martin Luther, is the internet creating a new Reformation?

  In bringing about such mighty shifts in our manner of public and private trafficking, the internet presents our churches, religious communities, faiths and all of us with a magnificent if problematic gift.