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In Pictures: Trafalgar Square awash with colour in Diwali celebration

Music and dance brightened up central London on Sunday as Diwali on the Square was staged. The annual event featured 200 colourfully dressed dancers, with performances by the Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities. It is a free family event organised by ...

09 Oct 2022 at 15:23

Sacked care home worker’s vaccine beliefs were religious, employment judge rules

A care worker who was dismissed because she refused to have a coronavirus vaccine can argue that her reasons were religious, an employment judge has ruled. Patrycja Wierowska worked as a carer for HC-One care homes until she was fired on April 28,...

19 Aug 2022 at 12:07

We’ll miss you immeasurably: Declan Donnelly pays tribute to brother at funeral

Declan Donnelly has paid an emotional tribute to his brother, telling mourners his family “can’t believe he’s gone”. Father Dermott Donnelly, who had recently celebrated 30 years of service in the Catholic church, died in hospital earlier this ...

29 Jul 2022 at 17:00

Archbishop offers to meet Sandi Toksvig after same-sex marriage stance criticism

The Archbishop of Canterbury has branded threats to LGBTQ+ people “a sin” and offered to meet comedian Sandi Toksvig for coffee after she criticised the Anglican church’s stance on same-sex marriage. Justin Welby responded to the television ...

04 Aug 2022 at 20:07

Archbishop ‘made horrible mistake’ on same-sex marriage, says Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig has said the lives of LGBTQ+ people are “at stake” after the Archbishop of Canterbury reaffirmed a 1998 Anglican declaration rejecting same-sex marriage. In an open letter published on Twitter on Wednesday night, the ...

04 Aug 2022 at 12:21

Motion at Anglican summit to oppose same-sex marriage set to be revised

Major changes will be made to a document which was set to ask worldwide Anglican bishops to oppose same-sex marriage at a key conference, it is believed. A spokesman for this week’s Lambeth Conference, which is held once every ...

26 Jul 2022 at 15:47

World

Pope to begin ‘penitential pilgrimage’ in Canada to apologise to Native peoples

The Pope’s trip to Canada to apologise for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pontiff from the Americas and the ...

23 Jul 2022 at 10:53

Scotland

Queen praises support of Church of Scotland congregations for Ukrainian refugees

The Queen has applauded the role congregations from the Church of Scotland have played in offering support to Ukrainian refugees since the war broke out. Around 400 ministers, elders, deacons and special guests are gathering ...

21 May 2022 at 14:50

Those in public life should act with integrity, Archbishop of York suggests

The Archbishop of York has asked the people of Britain to consider what kind of the country it should be as he suggested those in public life need to “live to the highest standards” and act with integrity. In his Easter ...

17 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Easter message of good triumphing over evil even more poignant for Ukraine – PM

Christ’s message that good will triumph over evil will resonate even more this year amid the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said. Delivering his Easter message in a video on Twitter, the Prime ...

17 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Archbishop has misunderstood aims of Rwanda migrants policy – Rees-Mogg

The Archbishop of Canterbury has misunderstood the aims of the Government’s plans to send migrants to Rwanda in criticising the new policy, a Cabinet minister has said. Plans announced by ministers this week ...

17 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Archbishop criticises Rwanda policy as senior civil servant’s concerns published

The Government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda would not stand up to the scrutiny of God, the head of the Church of England has said, as it was confirmed the Home Office’s most senior civil servant has ...

17 Apr 2022 at 10:55

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