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Rare 1623 missal bears signature of Catholic priest John Huddleston, who hid king after final defeat by Cromwell’s forcesA 400-year-old prayerbook owned by a Catholic priest who helped save the life of Charles II, son of the executed King Charles I, ha…
Church pension and endowment funds shed holdings after U-turns by BP and ShellThe Church of England is divesting from fossil fuels in its multibillion pound endowment and pension funds over climate concerns and recent U-turns by oil and gas companies.T…
C of E clergy and lay staff represented by Unite ask for 9.5% increase in first ever claim Church of England vicars have become the latest group of workers to demand a pay rise in the face of the cost of living crisis, as Unite’s general secretary, Sha…
Operator announces route to town of Hel has been redesignated as No 669 – a change that has prompted public outcryThere will be no more going to Hel on bus 666.The bus to the town of Hel on Poland’s Baltic coast has long been popular with tourists. But…
Archbishop of Canterbury says he would welcome ‘serious changes’ to church communion ‘that is 90% global south’The leader of the global Anglican church should not always be a “white guy from England”, the archbishop of Canterbury has said.Justin Welby’…
Prayer will instead be said in his suite after chief surgeon says Francis should avoid strain on abdomen Pope Francis’s recovery from surgery is going well but doctors have advised him not to deliver his Sunday blessing from a hospital balcony to avoid…
Archbishop of Canterbury expresses dismay over church’s support for Ugandan law enacted last monthThe archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican church in Uganda to reconsider its vociferous support for the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ law, which …
Pontiff appears to reference a woman who drew pilgrims to a statue near Rome she claimed shed tears of bloodApparitions of the Virgin Mary are “not always real”, Pope Francis has said, in what appears to be an indirect reference to a woman who drew tho…
Davis school district says it will assess text after complaint for ‘pornographic or indecent materials’ under law passed last year A school district in Utah that last week banned the Bible from school libraries is now being asked to consider a further …
Youssef Mikhaiel is at risk of forced removal to Egypt before he marries Sarah BradleyA couple planning to marry soon could be forcibly separated by the Home Office because they are not cohabiting before their wedding.Sarah Bradley, 29, a British digit…