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Patrick Wattigny, former high school chaplain who resigned in 2020, pleads guilty to molesting two minors at schoolThe former chaplain of a Roman Catholic high school in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to molesting two minors whom he met through his work …
Stephen Cottrell tells General Synod ‘mistakes have been made’, while sacked safeguarding board member says ‘we did our job too well’The archbishop of York has said there is a “crisis of safeguarding” within the Church of England after its executive di…
Call for high fees to be scrapped as church marriages fall by half in England and Wales between 1999 and 2019High fees are putting church weddings beyond the reach of many couples and should be scrapped or set at a nominal amount, according to clergy i…
Archbishop of York tells General Synod that ‘Our Father’ has patriarchal connotations The archbishop of York has suggested that opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, recited by Christians all over the world for 2,000 years, may be “problematic” because o…
Judge had been asked to recuse herself over donations she made to church run by archdiocese that employed admitted child abuserA federal judge overseeing a request to unseal secret files related to a Roman Catholic priest – and self-confessed predator …
Jonathan Romain, chair of Dignity in Dying, says assisted dying is ‘in line with religious ideals of compassion and care’Religious leaders are “out of step with their flocks” in their opposition to assisted dying, according to a leading rabbi who has b…
‘He understands Julian is suffering and is concerned,’ says Stella Assange after audience with pontiffPope Francis has met Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, who said the pope’s gesture in receiving her was evidence of his “o…
Lord Mayor’s chapel, sold during the dissolution of the monasteries, has been described as a ‘hidden gem’A medieval chapel in the centre of Bristol that Henry VIII sold off at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries has been taken back into the …
Speed of departures has been driven by series of child abuse scandals and accusations of a cover-upThe Catholic church in Germany has revealed it is losing followers like never before, with more than half a million people deciding to renounce their mem…
Archbishop under investigation on suspicion of falsely testifying about when he became aware of clergy sexual abuseGerman police have raided properties belonging to the Catholic church in response to allegations that the archbishop of Cologne committed…