Artisans of intricate papier-mâché decorations grapple with a sharp decline in business, Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj ...

THE rural economy is something that “we in the Church of England are glad to play our part in”, the Bishop of St Albans, Dr ...

THE former Dean of Carlisle the Very Revd Mark Boyling, who retired in 2022 after 18 years in post, is among the few clerics ...

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THE Church of England must “walk the talk”, the Archbishop of York said in a Christmas Day sermon at York Minster, in which ...

Across south-east Asia, people marked the 20th anniversary on Boxing Day, gathering in prayer at mass-grave sites, in which ...

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THE normalisation of human-rights violations and a lack of political solutions to escalating global conflicts are causing “unspeakable human suffering”, more than 100 humanitarian organisations have ...

THE Pope has called for new multilateral initiatives in 2025 to counter “injustice and inequality”, accompanied by a greater readiness for personal and institutional change. “Each of us must feel in ...

A MEMBER of the Traveller community has been given permission to install a memorial in the form of an open book in a churchyard in Southampton, despite objections that the design was “ostentatious”.

“DIVERSITY of culture, ethnicity and faith provides strength, not weakness,” the King said in his Christmas message this year. In his third Christmas message since his accession, he spoke of his “deep ...