While I appreciate the shout-out in the “Word from the Cloisters” (‘Professors in flight,’ 21 June) about Professor Massimo ...

This month Owain Park was named the new chief conductor of the BBC Singers – taking over from Sofi Jeannin, the Swedish ...

Bishop Vann, who has been Bishop of Monmouth for five years, secured a two-thirds majority from the Church in Wales electoral ...

In its daily bulletin this morning, the Vatican said, “On 31 July 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, ...

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Sisters Vandana Francis and Preeta Mary of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) order and Sukhman Mandavi, a resident ...

I am standing in a chapel made entirely – and appropriately, given their biblical significance – of bulrushes: their slim, ...

The first blaze on 23 July, probably caused by an electrical failure, created thick black smoke that gave the impression of a ...

Gladstone described him as “the greatest popular leader whom the world has ever seen”. His followers acclaimed him as “The Liberator”, his opponents mocked ...

The statement, released on July 21, expresses deep sadness and concern regarding the bombing of churches in Gaza that ...

The policy of the Israeli government towards Palestinians in Gaza, which has resulted in disease, hunger, malnutrition and even children dying of starvation, ...

I was in Paraguay when I heard on the night of 15 April 2019 that Notre- Dame was burning. I felt horror and grief, but it was difficult to explain to my ...