On 16 December, in the rectory at Steventon in the Hampshire Downs, after a month’s delay, Mrs George Austen, gave birth to ...

The Bishops of England and Wales have produced series of brief daily reflections themed around hope for Advent.

Increasing numbers are turning to churches for help with food, heating and debt as festive spending pushes struggling ...

The Pope acknowledged the “danger” the US might invade Venezuela but urged President Donald Trump to “seek dialogue” with ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin visited the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, where jihadist groups have terrorised the local ...

Pope Leo XIV entrusted his pontificate to Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day, while celebrations across the United States ...

Hundreds of people attended a prayer vigil at Bondi Pavilion on Monday where a rabbi lit a menorah. Pope Leo demanded an end to antisemitic attacks as he prayed for the victims of the shooting in ...

Christians for a Welcoming Britain and Better Story are grassroots groups that have emerged to respond to anti-refugee ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Luciano Maza Huamán the new Archbishop of Piura, the Peruvian diocese previously headed by a member of ...

A suspected ambush on 9 December by fighters from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on a convey of the government’s South Sudan People’s Defence Forces killed two soldiers and wounded six others.

Pope Leo XIV presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year on Sunday, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

Stay awake at all times”. Today, on Gaudete Sunday, we’re exhorted, rather more reassuringly, in St Paul’s words in ...