The pontiff is in hospital for a complex lung infection and has been given high flows of oxygen and blood transfusionsThe Vatican has said Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory...
Read MoreFormer Labour MP puts forward amendment to reform bill aiming to end privilege for 26 C of E bishopsChurch of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords by right should be removed as part of the government’s changes to...
Read MoreStephen Cottrell to deliver Christmas sermon in place of Justin Welby, who will step down as de facto head of churchThe archbishop of York is expected to highlight the need for actions more than words in a Christmas sermon, as...
Read MoreHigh-profile campaigner against new law facing questions over parliamentary group financed by Christian rightOne of the UK’s most high-profile campaigners against assisted dying is being investigated over funding to a...
Read MoreReligious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workersCampaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being...
Read MoreExperts concerned over the Fox & Friends host, his Christian nationalist ideology and militant languageExtremism experts are sounding the alarm about Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, whose...
Read MoreChristian and Muslim groups say medics who refuse to help patients die not protected in England and Wales billA significant proportion of NHS medical staff are likely to exercise a conscience clause if assisted dying is...
Read MoreJulie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes neededA bishop and a cabinet minister have said more senior clergy in the Church of England may need to resign after a...
Read MoreSmyth moved to South Africa after he was barred from re-entering Zimbabwe, where he abused boys at summer campsThe evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth abused as many 130 boys and young men in the UK, Zimbabwe and possibly...
Read MoreWelby had faced mounting pressure to quit over his handling of John Smyth abuse scandalThe archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced that he will step down after facing mounting pressure to quit over his handling of...
Read MorePrime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse...
Read MoreHelen-Ann Hartley says archbishop’s position is untenable as members of Church of England’s ruling body launch petitionA Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury...
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