After a low-profile start to his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV is stepping into the limelight with his first foreign trip after ...

An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — ...

The father of English history was an admirer of Medieval Ireland's history and culture - and especially Irish missionaries ...

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

A ceremony has taken place in Kent to formally elect the new Archbishop of Canterbury and lead the Church of England.

The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ feast narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America, excluding groups like Native Americans, ...

Matilda of Canossa, Queen Christina of Sweden and Maria Clementina Sobieska. Though separated by centuries, they each engaged ...

From live worship, music, carols and spiritual contemplation, here's your guide to religious programmes across TV and radio ...

Every time someone wanted to plan a scenario for how to act in the face of huge breaking news, all the newsrooms in Argentina used the same example: “What do we do the day Maradona dies?” ...

The ceremony is a formality dating back to the Reformation and saw the College of Canons of Canterbury Cathedral meeting to ...

The Church of England is urging the government to step up financial support for historic churches and cathedrals after a new ...

Some parishioners morphed into willing Protestants; defiant Catholics – recusants – refused to attend services; other ...