In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for their weekly meeting, the day after Pope Francis died aged 88. The Vatican ...

Eastern Catholic (bottom right) and other bishops at the Second Vatican Council. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Lothar Wolleh CC BY 3.0 Imagine walking into a church, where spectacular icons stare down ...

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A woman alleging she was trafficked by Atlanta Dream Center Church and Assemblies of God as a ministry student has sued them in Georgia, claiming they profit off the forced labor of vulnerable ...

His gravestone at Crowfield church makes a cheeky nod to his theatre show - Hudd's Here - and references his role as an authority on all things music hall, which was known for its elaborate and ...

Gaza has become a "mass grave" for Palestinians and those helping them, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says, as Israel continues to prevent humanitarian aid from getting into the ...

A group of Luhya women danced in a grave as they were burying one of their church members, leaving mixed reactions in their wake To some, it was a bizarre ritual that even people from the tribe did ...

Flying in from Georgia, Florida, Indiana, and North Carolina, more than 300 family and friends were seated inside Mount Calvary Baptist Church in ... to dig down to this grave.

But moments like this provide an opportunity to look at the long-term consequences of church-state relations around the world. Britain, of course, has a complicated history with the Catholic church.