Catherine Pepinster

London

Journalist and religion commentator. Author: Defenders of the Faith out now from @HodderFaith In the UK https://t.co/JuWNYNMM7a In the US https://t.co/cR8JUQiF04

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Articles

Jane Austen's grave may save a troubled Winchester Cathedral

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Catherine Pepinster |David Adams

London, UKRNSShe was buried there because she was the daughter of a rector – but now the English Regency novelist Jane Austen may prove to be the saviour of a cathedral emerging from its own Austen-worthy drama. Literary fans have long flocked to Winchester, England, and its medieval cathedral to visit the grave of Austen, famed for such novels as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
The extraordinary resurgence of the Catholic faith in Britain

1 week ago | msn.com | Catherine Pepinster

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The extraordinary resurgence of the Catholic faith in Britain

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

As younger generations look for more clarity in their lives, many are turning to faith to find answersThere's something very unexpected when you meet Harry Clark. It's not just that this affable 24-year-old won the second series of BBC1's hit show, The Traitors, by proving to be the most devious game player of that group. It's also that the tattoos of this former soldier are all about his Catholic faith.
Jane Austen's grave may save a troubled Winchester Cathedral

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Catherine Pepinster

LONDON (RNS) — She was buried there because she was the daughter of a rector — but now the English Regency novelist Jane Austen may prove to be the savior of a cathedral emerging from its own Austen-worthy drama.
The lost tapes that reveal Kenneth Williams’s hidden Christianity

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Catherine Pepinster

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The lost tapes that reveal Kenneth Williams’s hidden Christianity

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Catherine Pepinster

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Listen: The lost tapes that reveal Kenneth Williams’s hidden Christianity

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Catherine Pepinster

Catherine PepinsterFri, April 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM UTC7 min readSuggest to most people that Kenneth Williams – Carry On star, raconteur and regular panellist on Radio 4’s Just a Minute – was a devout Christian and they are quite likely to answer with one of his famous catchphrases: Stop mucking about!And you certainly wouldn’t think he had any interest in the Bible if you listened to his 1987 edition of Desert Island Discs, recorded a year before his death at 62.
The lost tapes that reveal Kenneth Williams's hidden Christianity

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

Suggest to most people that Kenneth Williams - Carry On star, raconteur and regular panellist on Radio 4's Just a Minute - was a devout Christian and they are quite likely to answer with one of his famous catchphrases: Stop mucking about!And you certainly wouldn't think he had any interest in the Bible if you listened to his 1987 edition of Desert Island Discs, recorded a year before his death at 62.
‘The Quiet Revival’: huge increase in young people attending church

2 weeks ago | religionmediacentre.org.uk | Catherine Pepinster

By Catherine PepinsterGeneration Z is leading a turnaround in the popularity of Christianity and a rise in church attendance in England and Wales, according to research published today. A survey by the Bible Society and YouGov finds those aged 18-34, which includes Gen Z and Millennials, are newly drawn to Christian beliefs, with renewed interest not only in being part of a church but also in prayer, reading the Bible and social activism based on faith.
Religion news 31 March 2025

3 weeks ago | religionmediacentre.org.uk | Ruth Peacock |Oliver Bowring |Catherine Pepinster

“Mystifying and deeply alarming” failures of Justin WelbyThe former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has given an interview to the BBC about his resignation in November, following a review which said he should have done more to stop the serial abuser John Smyth. In a comment which made the headlines, he said he would forgive John Smyth, if he were alive – Smyth died in 2018 a year after Channel 4 exposed his abuse of more than 100 young men, beaten until they bled in his garden shed.