Ruth Gledhill

London

Journalist, photographer, age-group triathlete repping #TeamGB at Worlds and Euros. #SportingChampion @EveryoneActive. Assistant Editor @The_Tablet. 🌹.

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Articles

News Briefing: Britain and Ireland

1 week ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Ellen Teague |Sarah Mac Donald

The singer Adeniké Adewale is running the London Marathon on 27 April to raise funds for Cafod. Adewale, who is playing the role of Whitney Houston in the show Queen of the Night, said: “It is going to be an intense weekend … running the marathon will be the toughest physical challenge of my life.”She added: “My favourite place to run is in nature, in the early morning.
The Tablet Interview: Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill

One of the Catholic Church’s leading authorities on Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, Cardinal Michael Louis Fitzgerald has, not surprisingly, strong views on current events in the Middle East.
News briefings Britain and Ireland

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Ellen Teague |Sarah Mac Donald

Holiness is found not just in grand gestures but in the small, daily acts of kindness, generosity, and faithfulness that draw people closer to God and to one another, according to the Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia Mark O’Toole.
Home from home - The Tablet

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill

Once a month, the Wapping and Shadwell Wombles meet to pick up litter in these districts in east London. Yes, among their number is a wise litter-picker known affectionately as “Great Uncle Bulgaria”. But these wombles are not furry mammals but actual people. “Uncle Bulgaria” might, it seems, actually come from Bulgaria. And they are, as the story tells it, excellent litter pickers.
News Briefings Britain and Ireland

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Ellen Teague |Sarah Mac Donald

A carved altar designed for a Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1942 has been moved to St Aidan’s Catholic Church on Lindisfarne. The architect Robert Burke created the wooden altar, reredos and panelling for Bishop Joseph McCormack upon his move from Tynemouth to East Denton Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. Stephen Wright, the current bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, said the altar was too large to fit into the current episcopal residence in Benton, North Tyneside.
News briefing Britain and Ireland

2 months ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Ellen Teague |Sarah Mac Donald

A rare illuminated medieval scroll known as an Arma Christi, featuring the prayer poem O Vernicle, has been discovered at York’s Bar Convent. Up until now, just ten copies were known to have survived the Reformation in the 1540s and the outlawing of Catholicism under Elizabeth The Bar Convent Arma Christi is thought to be one of the last examples ever made, dating from around 1475. The responses, written in red, show it was probably used in communal worship as well as private prayer.
The Tablet Podcast with Ruth Gledhill and Liz Dodd, Episode One: women's ordination, Trump, best Catholic films

2 months ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Liz Dodd

Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet and former religion correspondent of The Times and Liz Dodd, a former Tablet journalist who is now a sister with St Joseph of Peace (CSJP), discuss the latest developments on women in the Catholic Church, Donald Trump in the US and recent content in The Tablet such as the top Catholic movies. Liz’s latest Tablet column, on The Traitors and more.
Public invited to contribute to choice of next Archbishop of Canterbury

2 months ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill

The Church of England is inviting people from across the worldwide Anglican Communion to offer their views on who should be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The public consultation has been launched this morning after the resignation of Justin Welby following the Makin review into the violent abuser John Smyth, which exposed a litany of safeguarding failings.
Jerusalem bishop to speak in Scotland about suffering of Christians in Holy Land

2 months ago | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill

Bishops from the Holy Land and Nigeria are among the speakers scheduled to speak at a conference in Scotland on the suffering and persecution of Christians. Aid to the Church in Need is organise the biggest event for the Church in Scotland this year, the Courage to be Catholic Conference, featuring speakers including a bishop from the Holy Land, a bishop from Nigeria and the head of Divine Renovation UK.
Deputy prime minister meets Pope

Nov 27, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner met Pope Francis in Rome this morning, where at his general audience he renewed his pleas for peace in Israel and Ukraine. Rayner wrote on X: “I was honoured to be able to greet His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican this morning.