Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.

Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.

I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.

My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.