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Lord Carey is at odds with current bishops in the Church of England.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

Carlo Acutis will be canonised as the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday

A community group which bid to buy the famous "Burke and Hare church" has said they are "disgusted" by the treatment they…

The mayor abandoned the plan after it aroused strong political resistance and threats of litigation.