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Cancellation of LGBT author’s Catholic school visit ‘left pupils unnerved’

The decision to cancel a visit by a gay young adult author to a Catholic secondary school has left many pupils and members of staff “unnerved and upset”, Ofsted said. It carried out a snap inspection of The John Fisher School in Croydon on March 16 ...

27 Apr 2022 at 11:55

Ireland

Number of marriages jumped 81% last year as Covid restrictions eased

The number of marriages celebrated last year jumped by 81% compared with 2020, new figures show But despite the increase to 17,217 marriages, the number of couples tying the knot remained 15% lower than pre-pandemic 2019 rates. The figures were ...

29 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Mark Spencer: From the family farm to Government chief whip

Government Chief Whip Mark Spencer has said he spoke to Nusrat Ghani after she was demoted from transport minister in 2020, but denies that he said her religion was raised as an issue. Ms Nusrat told The Sunday Times a Government whip told her ...

23 Jan 2022 at 05:55

World

500-year-old icon looted from church in Cyprus repatriated

A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island. The icon of the Enthroned Christ, which Cyprus’s Antiquities Department dates to around the end of ...

12 Jul 2022 at 15:18

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 decade, said ...

26 Jul 2022 at 15:47

Queen awarded Canterbury Cross by archbishop for ‘unstinting’ service to church

The Queen has been presented in person with a special Canterbury Cross for her “unstinting service” to the Church of England over the last 70 years. The 96-year-old head of state held a face-to-face audience with the Archbishop of ...

21 Jun 2022 at 17:48

Ancient book returned to Catholic Church in Scotland after police action

Police have worked with their counterparts in Italy and Holland to recover a centuries-old book which was illicitly taken from a collection belonging to the Catholic Church in Scotland. The Book of Sermons by Cardinal Bellerine ...

17 Jun 2022 at 17:59

World

‘A dear friend’: Syrian refugee carves model of Cologne Cathedral

When Syrian refugee Fadel Alkhudr arrived in Germany in 2015, the first thing he saw when he stepped out of the train in Cologne was the city’s majestic cathedral. Mr Alkhudr, 42, became so fascinated by the famous Gothic ...

21 Jun 2022 at 12:34

St Paul’s jubilee service a ‘slightly terrifying gig’, says Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York has said delivering the sermon at the service of thanksgiving to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is a “slightly terrifying gig”. The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell has had to step in at the 11th hour ...

03 Jun 2022 at 10:29

Welby says it would have been ‘cowardly’ not to speak out about Rwanda plan

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said it would have been “cowardly” not to have spoken out against the plan to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda. The Rt Rev Justin Welby used his Easter sermon to criticise the UK ...

27 May 2022 at 21:30

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 ...

21 May 2022 at 14:50

World

Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 saints

Pope Francis created 10 new saints on Sunday, rallying from knee pain that has forced him to use a wheelchair to preside over the first canonisation ceremony at the Vatican in more than two years. Francis stood ...

15 May 2022 at 11:25

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