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British royals wish pontiff well in recovery from pneumonia during their state visit to ItalyKing Charles and Queen Camilla paid a surprise private visit to a convalescing Pope Francis on Wednesday afternoon during their four-day state visit to Italy.T…
Man praised for ‘towering courage’ in paving way for survivors to challenge past settlements that effectively protected church institutionsGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for an abuse survivor say a high court ru…
Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh women say bill has ‘insufficient safeguards’ to protect those who are vulnerableThe legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales could create “a new tool to harm vulnerable women”, particularly those subject to…
Exclusive: young volunteers also allege spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour at bases of Youth With a Mission‘It felt like a demon was inside me’: young Christian missionaries allege spiritual abuseThe world’s biggest youth Christian missionary or…
Lead signatory of letter to Church Times says it is ‘moral and Christian imperative’ to ensure dignified retirementChurch of England vicars are demanding an increase in pensions amid claims that many face an impoverished old age, with some forced to re…
Welby ‘profoundly ashamed’ of comments he made after resigning as archbishop of Canterbury over scandalJustin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said that he forgives a serial abuser at the centre of the scandal that led to his resignation…
In first interview since resigning, former archbishop of Canterbury says more cases were arriving every day and he ‘got it wrong’ Justin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said his failure to take effective action over a serial sadistic ab…
Yvette Cooper says change needed in England and Wales after concerns over marches near synagogues and mosquesThe government plans to give police in England and Wales powers to change the route or timing of protest marches planned outside places of wors…
Assassination of former Japanese prime minister in 2022 spurred official request for South Korean-based sect to be closedA court in Japan has ordered the Unification Church to be dissolved after a government request that was spurred by the investigatio…
Pontiff says he has ‘had the opportunity to experience the Lord’s patience’ and pays tribute to ‘tireless care’ of medicsPope Francis greeted a large crowd of pilgrims gathered outside Gemelli hospital in Rome in his first public appearance in more tha…