FR. G. V. W. LEWIS FR. G. V. W. LEWIS

Nowhere to Lay His Head

A week before Remembrance, the head of Christ was struck from a war-memorial crucifix in Warrington. The tradition names it plainly: sacrilege, and God is not mocked. Yet the bishops keep silent, the police offer “reassurance,” and the State spreads £5m across every church, temple and gurdwara in the land. Who will stand guard over the Cross, and over the names beneath it?

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FR. G. V. W. LEWIS FR. G. V. W. LEWIS

If Ye Break Faith

They took the one flower Britain keeps for its dead, cut it into another flag’s colours, and sold it in the very weeks of mourning, partly to fund a group the Home Office has reportedly called Islamist. A week after poppy wreaths were trampled on the Embankment, the Home Secretary still has nothing to say. The fallen are owed better than counterfeits and silence. If ye break faith with us who die…

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