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Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing policies are emboldening attacks on 2,000-year-old community, says Catholic regional leaderThe head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government h…
Maria Giuseppe Scarpulla investigated after claim blood stains on statue of Virgin Mary come from a pigA woman nicknamed “the Saint” has mysteriously vanished from a small lakeside town near Rome where pilgrims have flocked for years to pray before a s…
Conservative body in Church of England encourages dioceses to protest, and says opposition is growingConservative clergy and parishioners have launched a small but vocal revolt against the Church of England’s plan to offer to bless the civil marriages …
In Easter sermon, archbishop of Canterbury says money was not set aside because of ‘postcolonial guilt’The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has used his Easter sermon to say that £100m pledged by the Church of England to compensate for its compl…
Israeli settler movement is making life harder for Jerusalem’s Palestinians and erasing Christian character of holy cityEven in a city as storied as Jerusalem, some places are holier than others. The Mount of Olives – studded with churches marking even…
Landmark decision expected to help countless other survivors achieve more compensation for abuse suffered from clergyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVict…
Carved heads of a boy, a horse and a bearded man, formerly in Vatican Museums, unveiled in AthensThe desire of Pope Francis to right a wrong has led to the official return to Greece from the Vatican of three ornately carved fragments that once adorned …
Mixed group to take over duties of Escolania choir at Montserrat monastery one weekend a monthWomen and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in i…
Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal reportedly spent $4m to out priests who use hookup apps and notified bishops nationwideA conservative Catholic group based in Colorado spent millions to obtain data that identified priests using gay hookup and dati…
Suspected gunman, also found dead, is believed to have been former member of the religious communityThe suspect in the shooting dead of seven people at a Jehovah’s Witness centre in Hamburg is reported to have been a former member of the church.The man…