Pope presides over Easter Vigil service after skipping Good Friday procession
Appearance comes a day after last-minute decision to miss previous service to ‘conserve his health’ Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service...
Category : Religion
‘A collective failure’: uproar in France after school head quits in row over Muslim veil
Anger from politicians across the spectrum as Paris principal resigns following online death threats French politicians from across the spectrum have expressed dismay over the...
Breslau 1941: clandestine photos tell of the Holocaust’s upheaval and terror
Images taken secretly some 80 years ago are being published for the first time to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day A remarkable series of photographs...
‘Meloni’s response left me stunned’: the Italian priest taking on the mafia
Maurizio Patriciello has had police protection since a bombing near his church in Caivano, Naples, but he vows to keep fighting crime Father Maurizio Patriciello...
Italy’s ruling party drafts law to ‘safeguard’ school nativity scenes
Brothers of Italy party plans law to ‘protect’ Christian traditions and prevent schools ‘modifying the essence of Christmas’ Italy’s ruling far-right party has identified a...
Government offices in EU can ban wearing of religious symbols, court rules
Decision made in case of Muslim employee in Belgium states that restrictions must be applied equally Government offices across the EU can ban employees from...
Pope Francis dismisses conservative Texas bishop and critic Joseph Strickland
Rare move comes after years of criticism from Strickland, a strong supporter of former US president Donald Trump Pope Francis has dismissed a bishop in...
Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese
Vatican did not say why Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning, but priest from his diocese faced criminal investigation The pope has accepted the resignation of a...
Alabama priest ‘groomed young girls’ before fleeing to Italy with 18-year-old
Alex Crow was previously accused of acting inappropriately with students and remains under orders by archdiocese to return home A Roman Catholic priest in Alabama...
No 666 to Hel: Polish bus route drops ‘devil’s number’ after Christian protests
Operator announces route to town of Hel has been redesignated as No 669 – a change that has prompted public outcry There will be no...
