Are clergy staff or office holders? Jubilee year and the pope, and is Trump style conservatism desirable for conservatives?

19/03/2025 28 min
Are clergy staff or office holders? Jubilee year and the pope, and is Trump style conservatism desirable for conservatives?

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Why are clergy regarded as office holders rather than staff? We speak to  Reverend Chris Bedding,  an Anglican priest and executive officer of the Faith Workers Alliance.   2025 is a jubilee year for the Catholic Church, traditionally a time for renewal and the forgiveness of debt and sin.  But with Pope Francis still in recovery from double pneumonia, pilgrims are finding new ways to mark the jubilee.And why are Donald Trump, and the United States itself,  poor role models for true conservatives. Andrew West speaks with Peter Hitchens, a popular conservative columnist for The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.

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