POPE FRANCIS wished a crowd in St Peter’s Square “Happy Easter” on Sunday, in what was to be his last public appearance ...

“Pope Francis was called to priesthood through his experience of the mercy and compassion of God. This remained the core of ...

Francis’s whole life and ministry was centred on Jesus . . . not to be served, but to serve,’ says Archbishop of York ...

THE Sudan conflict, which began two years ago on Tuesday, is “the world’s most severe humanitarian and displacement crisis”, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has said. The fighting ...

“The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world — the whole world — that He sent His son to live among us to ...

A long-serving vicar in the diocese of London, who did not want to be named, expressed his hope that a separate structure for ...

THE ending of the requirement for ratepayers in Guernsey to fund rectories will have “significant implications” for clergy ...

The study, which was undertaken last August and September, suggests that students who describe themselves as “practising ...

THE Methodist Church has offered “sincerest apologies” to “anyone who was hurt or abused” in the mother-and baby homes it ran ...

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A STATEMENT from the Church in Wales has described as “helpful” the Welsh Government’s response last week to recommendations ...

DESPITE local objection, the PCC of St Mary’s, East Molesey, in the diocese of Guildford, has been granted a faculty ...