Sarah Rose Troughton, the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, with mayor Sven Hocking (Image: Fuzzy Kiwi Media) He died in Belgium ...

When Greg Thompson became bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the decades-long child sex abuse scandals in the diocese. For him, it was personal. He was himself a sexual abuse ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

We're now just minutes away from Pope Leo XIV leading a Mass in the Sistine Chapel, marking the first time he'll do so as the ...

Mary answers, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord.” Her only extended speech ... the equal of emperors, dressed in royal purple and gold. In the second millennium, beginning in the 12th ...

Mahatma Gandhi was killed today in 1948 For readers interested in remembering what exactly happened that day I present the text of the newspaper report as it appeared in The New York Times that dayThe ...

The launch of a new ‘Turning of the Page’ ceremony was one of many events led by the Speaker of the House of Commons to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe Day and the cessation of hostilities.

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope ...

Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Lord of the Rings movie. To mark the occasion, Royal Albert Hall announced today that Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy will be returning ...

Charley Scalies, the beloved character actor best known for his role as Thomas “Horseface” Pakusa on The Wire, has passed ...