ISRAEL has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza, and the situation in the occupied West Bank amounts to “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing”, the Archbishop of York has said. Archbishop Cottrell used the ...

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IN 1969, Michael Stancliffe arrived from St Margaret’s, Westminster as the new Dean of Winchester. Three years later, he invited his former organist from St Margaret’s, Martin Neary, to join him. By ...

THE Church in Wales will vote in 2027 on allowing same-sex marriage in church, after a decision taken by the Bench of Bishops this week. In a pastoral letter released on Thursday morning, the Bishops ...

A FOOD pantry based in a historic church in Norwich must find alternative accommodation by the end of the month, after its operators, St Giles Trust, decided not to renew the lease. St Saviour’s, ...

AS A Roman Catholic child living on the Franco-German border, I learned the language of faith long before I understood its meaning. Words such as “holy”, “glory”, and “virgin birth” were markings on a ...

MAYBE it was a Monty Python sketch that first introduced the idea of competitive grievance. Four Yorkshiremen tell stories of their deprived childhoods, each trumping the other in exaggerated ...

Have a go at our next caption competition (above). Send entries by email only to [email protected] by 9 a.m., Monday 1 December. We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide ...

POPE LEO plans to summon cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church to an extraordinary consistory at the beginning of 2026, according to sources in Rome, in a sign of readiness to involve them more ...

AS OSCAR WILDE lay dying in a squalid hotel room in Paris on 28 November 1900, deserted by most of his former friends and admirers and ostracised by respectable society, an old and trusted associate ...

WHAT does your favourite film say about you? Top on the list for Pope Leo, revealed by the Vatican on Monday before a special audience with Hollywood stars this weekend, is a mix of musicals, family ...

HUNDREDS of churches are believed to have been destroyed across Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa’s trail of devastation becomes evident. Last week’s hurricane was the strongest ever to make landfall on ...