Editorial: Catholicism

09/06/2025 | Reform

There’s a lot of Catholicism in this issue of Reform. The old Pope, the new Pope, a bishop, a priest, a visit to Rome, the Sistine Chapel. Not as much RC as URC, but getting there.

Where, if you are … Read More

Art in Focus: Issue 4 – 2025

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Last Judgment, 1536-1541Michelangelo di LodovicoBuonarroti Simoni (Michelangelo)The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Those watching the news in May this year, or the award-winning film Conclave, will have caught a glimpse of the stunning ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel. … Read More

The Road to Patagonia

09/06/2025 | Reform

Directed by Matty HannonCertificate 1590 minutesReleased 27 June

In his mid-20s, former ecology student and keen surfer Matty Hannon returns to Melbourne, Australia. For five years, from age 21 to 26, he has lived alongside one of Indonesia’s Sumatran Island … Read More

A good question: What difference did Pope Francis make?

09/06/2025 | Reform

One question, four answers

Dominic Robinson‘He was a true builder of bridges’

We are not living an era of change but a change of era.’ Francis’s comment in 2015 became a mantra for his papal ministry in a fast-changing world … Read More

Travelling together

09/06/2025 | Reform

Lindsey Brown reports on an ecumenical dialogue group pilgrimage to Rome

Hurtling at 300km an hour through the Italian countryside, my head was full of the previous 72 hours. We had just begun a 14-hour train journey from Rome to … Read More

Church Life Review: Mission Statement

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Church Life Review Steering Group has agreed a vision, mission and strategy statement for the programme

Vision– that is, the desired future state, our tomorrow.A flourishing Church, less burdened and better enabled.

Mission– that is, what we are doing … Read More