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Al Jazeera
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Protesters arrested in the UK for supporting banned Palestine Action group
Protesters arrested in the UK for supporting banned Palestine Action group NewsFeed Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested in London on suspicion of 'terrorism' for showing support for the now-banned Palestine Action group, including an 83-year-old reverend. Video Duration 00 minutes 53 seconds 00:53 Video Duration 00 minutes 53 seconds 00:53 Video Duration 02 minutes 59 seconds 02:59 Video Duration 01 minutes 20 seconds 01:20 Video Duration 02 minutes 30 seconds 02:30 Video Duration 00 minutes 54 seconds 00:54 Video Duration 01 minutes 25 seconds 01:25


Times
16-05-2025
- General
- Times
We find it never pays to get your vicars in a twist
Derek Bevan of Ingatestone is becoming concerned about our knowledge, or rather ignorance, of ecclesiastical matters. Just weeks after our Mass/Matins mix-up came 'a picture of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in his younger days, describing him as 'a newly ordained reverend'. Newly ordained priest, please!' The Rev Chris Pettet of Winchester also dressed us down: 'In today's Times there is a picture of the new Pope with John Paul II, with the caption 'as a newly ordained reverend in 1982'. This ubiquitous use of 'reverend' has now, it seems, even reached The Times. For the Roman Catholic Church, as ought to be known by any journalist worth their salt, this should read priest (or perhaps deacon), as reverend is a form of address, not