A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its ...

In the U.K., only three clauses of the Magna Carta are still valid today: the one guaranteeing the liberties of the Church of England, the clause confirming the privileges of the City of London ...

The Magna Carta and the North exhibition marks the 800th anniversary of the second issue in the cathedral's collection.

New research suggests that Magna Carta may have been published predominantly by the church – rather than the Royal government of the day. The revelations – announced as Britain prepares to ...

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. It’s a document you’ll be hearing a lot more about over the next 12 months so, just in case that history lesson passed you by at ...

Church Played Crucial Role. Materials offered to schools by the British Library to mark the Magna Carta anniversary focus on “Did the Magna Carta apply to women?” and whether or not people ...

Pope Francis, in a letter to U.S. bishops this past week, cited a 1952 document issued by Pope Pius XII, saying it “is considered the ‘Magna Carta’ of the Church’s thinking on migration.” ...

From the 1250s, Magna Carta was being read out regularly in church in Latin, Anglo-Norman and, now, the English of the people; from 1253, anyone who broke any of the Charter’s terms faced ...

Magna Carta isn’t just about rights. ... The characteristic argument of liberalism today is, first, that every institution — family, church, business, art, education, travel, ...

As I’ve mentioned, this year marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede. I previously posted the introduction and my translation of the original ...

And as I (along with thousands of others) plan to travel to a muddy field in a far-flung corner of my Diocese in the early hours of Monday 15 June 2015 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the ...