Bishops risk legitimacy by standing in way of assisted dying – ex-Church leader Lord Carey is at odds with current bishops in the Church of England. Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Pope Leo Puts The Brake On Church Reforms Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy. International Business Times · Sep 18, 2025
Could first millennial saint Carlo Acutis' PlayStation controller become a relic? London-born Italian boy Carlo Acutis was a computer whiz with a talent for coding and a love of video games, according to his mother. Euronews · Sep 16, 2025
The Climate 100 List: Pope Leo wants his followers to help save the planet THE CLIMATE 100 LIST: Ahead of the The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of the leading lights being honoured for their work tackling the crisis. Pope Leo XIV is determined to fight for the environment – and is providing an important counterbalance to… The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025
Pope Leo XIV proclaims Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint The canonisation of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, and the son of the founder of the newspaper La Stampa, Pier Giorgio Frassati, was celebrated on Sunday morning. 'Today is a beautiful feast day,' said the pontiff. Euronews · Sep 7, 2025
Voices: What teen influencer Carlo Acutis becoming a saint says about Pope Leo’s Catholic Church COMMENT: As the British-born Italian teenager is canonised, following a campaign by his wealthy family, Catherine Pepinster asks how the Catholic Church can honour the deserving people whose supporters don’t have the means to lobby on their behalf The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025
Vatican Receives First LGBTQ Pilgrimage In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend holding a pilgrimage, in what they are promoting as an important sign of diversity in the Church. International Business Times · Sep 6, 2025
Quick Facts about Carlo Acutis: Age, Cause of Death, What Was His Miracle and Why Is He Becoming a Saint? Carlo Acutis, the computer-savvy Italian teenager who died in 2006, will be canonised as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint on 7 September alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati. International Business Times UK · Sep 5, 2025
British-born teen to become first millennial Catholic saint Carlo Acutis will be canonised as the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Outrage from community after sale of famous ‘Burke and Hare' church A community group which bid to buy the famous "Burke and Hare church" has said they are "disgusted" by the treatment they… The National (Scotland) · Sep 3, 2025
New Jersey Town Drops Plan to Condemn a Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts The mayor abandoned the plan after it aroused strong political resistance and threats of litigation. Reason · Aug 31, 2025
Against God’s men: A nun, a bishop, and the trial of India’s Catholic Church “You have to understand. I’m a nun. I took a vow of chastity. To stand in court and say I was raped felt like I was the sinner,” said Sister Ruth*, almost in a whisper. “I felt unworthy of God.” Newslaundry · Aug 29, 2025
Everything we know about the shooting in Minneapolis Children are dead after the shooting inside a Catholic Church in the US Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025
John Smyth survivor tells of ‘physical reaction’ over redress scheme data breach Nearly 200 abuse survivors’ details were mistakenly shared in an email. Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025 Church of England abuse victims’ details leaked in email, survivors say The Church said it had been made aware of the ‘deeply regrettable data incident’
International Business Times UK · Aug 14, 2025 Who Is Robert Sullivan? Priest Accused Of Grooming Stripper And Paying Her £215,000 In Hush Money Robert Sullivan, a long-serving Alabama priest, is under Vatican investigation after being accused of grooming a 17-year-old stripper and paying her over £215,000 in hush money.
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 These are my 6 favourite books that can be read in less than a day From Claire Keegan's ‘Small Things Like These’ to Vincenzo Latronico's ‘Perfection’, these novellas are less than 200 pages
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025 Exclusive: Proud Boys defy court order and keep using their name despite owing $3 million to Black church that owns it Exclusive: A historic Black congregation in Washington, D.C., continues to outplay the Proud Boys, who owe the Metropolitan AME Church more than $3 million after losing the trademark to their name
International Business Times · Aug 2, 2025 Up To A Million Young Catholics Expected For Grand Pope Leo Vigil Up to a million young Catholic believers are expected Saturday for a night-time vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage, a key event in the Jubilee holy year.
Newslaundry · Aug 1, 2025 Kerala bishops steer clear of naming BJP while condemning Chhattisgarh nuns’ arrest In Thalassery, chants rang out in protest: “We don’t need your cake or ladoo. Do not come to visit Aramana.” The demonstrators, members of the Catholic Congress under the Syro-Malabar Church, were protesting the arrest of two nuns from Kerala — Sr Vandhana Francis and Sr Preethi Mary — in…
Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025 New Archbishop of Wales announced following turbulent time in church Cherry Vann is the 15th person to hold the role, and the first woman.
Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025 Is Pat Allerton, the Hot Vicar of Notting Hill, the antidote to toxic masculinity? The Church of England has a new, sexy look - and it’s making people take notice
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2025 Trump administration intervenes to help block law requiring priests to report child abuse revealed in confessions The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between prison and excommunication
The Texas Tribune · Jul 18, 2025 Canceled Baylor LGBTQ+ study stirs strong reactions in Waco A grant to help churches better minister to LGBTQ+ people prompted fury. A decision to return the grant then spurred disappointment.
Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2025 Israel kills three in Gaza Catholic church sheltering elderly, children At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded, including a priest, in Israel’s attack on the church.