John Paul II

Singer and musician who was a founder member of Clannad and lent an ethereal beauty to the theme of the TV series Harry’s Game

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the early globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II

Pope Leo XIV marked his first Good Friday by becoming the first pontiff in decades to personally carry the wooden cross for all 14 stations at the Colosseum.

With bike-racing teams bankrolled by the makers of everything from cigarettes and crisps to cow headlocks, we take a tour of some of the sport’s most incongruous commercial relationships

For his latest work, Maurizio Cattelan wants you to confess... Absolution is at stake. To mark the start of Easter, as well as the 21st anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death, the Italian artist has also made a limited edition of his most provocative and widely debated work... 666…

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In recent weeks, Catholic leaders have been increasingly outspoken in their criticism of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, especially its military intervention in Venezuela and saber-rattling over Greenland.

The Beatles might have boasted that they were bigger than Jesus, but the Pope's 1982 visit to Britain posed problems for Queen

Pope Leo XIV will make a notable departure from his predecessors in the first foreign trip of his pontificate

Audiences will obviously be aware the secret plan to kill John Paul II did not succeed, but despite a baggy narrative the high-stakes espionage is still compelling