Britain

Was the British Empire, all things considered, as evil as some say?

Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars

William Pitt, The Elder, 18th Century Prime Minister of Britain, offers many lessons for American statesmen today.

The day has been central to Britain’s unfolding self-identity as  independent, self-governing, defiant, free from domestic and external tyranny. 

Corrymeela’s community believes no one can unwind every evil of the past, so each person can only decide how he will live with others in the present.

Through the Good Friday Agreement, Corrymeela was an epicenter for people working towards a peaceful settlement to the Troubles.

Elizabeth always continued on – duty, faith, and family at the heart of her mission. While Western Europe lost its faith, she held fast.

Two recently held major international conferences brought together thousands of religious freedom advocates and government officials to cooperate in taking concrete action to end religious persecution.  

Throughout the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, words such as faithful, dutiful, and loving have been used to describe the now 70-year reign of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. These have been accompanied by both explicit and implicit calls to emulate her.