7 h. ago Naomi Campbell presents Pope Leo XIV with a 'spicy' book after meeting him during an audience at the Vatican

The supermodel, 55, met the head of the Catholic Church at the end of a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.

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7 h. ago Strictly host Tess Daly's real name revealed as she is awarded MBE by King Charles

Strictly Come Dancing co-host Tess Daly's real name was used as she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by King Charles, calling it the 'greatest honour'

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7 h. ago Naomi Campbell presents Pope Leo XIV with a book after meeting him during an audience at the Vatican

The supermodel, 55, met the head of the Catholic Church at the end of a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.

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29 h. ago London club honoured to be recognised at British Cycling Awards.

London club honoured to be recognised at British Cycling Awards.  Borehamwood Times

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52 h. ago Tanzania Catholic Church condemns the killings of protesters following disputed election

The Catholic Church in Tanzania has condemned the recent killings of protesters and warns that peace requires justice

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6 d. ago Pope bestows one of Catholic Church’s highest honours on British convert

St John Henry Newman was a Church of England priest before converting to Catholicism

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1 week ago Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education a priority

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the church

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1 week ago Catholic Church brands priest who sold his own soul to Satan newest saint

Bartolo Longo was one of seven people to be officially deemed a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIV, but his story includes a twisted deal with the devil

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2 w. ago Priest who sold his soul to Satan becomes the Catholic Church's newest saint

The pope has announced the sainthood of a man who sold his soul to Satan.

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2 w. ago Pope condemns antisemitism and vows to fight it as tensions rise over Israel's war in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the Catholic Church's commitment to fighting antisemitism amid rising tensions from Israel's war in Gaza

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2 w. ago Pope reaffirms dialogue with Jews as he marks 60th anniversary of a key document

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews

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2 w. ago Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest who was stabbed in his rectory in Nebraska

A man accused of fatally stabbing a Catholic priest at his home beside a church in a small Nebraska town has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges

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2 w. ago Is this painting who we now are? The identity grapplings of mystic artist Ben Edge

Vikings, miners, refugees, enslavers and good old Albion himself Ben Edge reveals how his dynamic new understanding of Britain today was triggered by seeing a procession of druids march past a KFCA toy poodle called Lunar arrives at the door of Ben Edge’s studio in a furry blur of excitement. There’s also a full-size fibreglass horse, already halfway through the door. It’s being ridden by a mannequin who is wearing a garland of artificial flowers and, under that, a shirt patterned with green men, Uffington White Horse references and oak leaves. It’s identical to the one worn by the living, breathing artist standing next to me.A highlight of Edge’s upcoming exhibition at London’s Fitzrovia Chapel, the sculpture is titled Where Must We Go in Search of Our Better Selves. It’s a self-portrait like no other, riffing on the magnificent equestrian monuments of the Renaissance, and honouring the Garland King, a figure from the recesses of British folklore, who each May rides through the Der...

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2 w. ago Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers

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2 w. ago Pope Leo's astronomer says he would baptise an alien into Catholic church

Father Richard D'Souza says any little green men and women we find would be one of God's creatures and he would have no problem allowing them into the Catholic church

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2 w. ago Girl shot in Minneapolis church returns home from the hospital

A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August has been released from the hospital

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2 w. ago A rift that took 500 years to repair: King Charles prays with the pope

Joint prayer in Sistine Chapel is symbolic act of rapprochement between Catholic church and Church of England after centuries of divisionAlmost every British schoolchild is taught that Henry VIII, the swaggering Tudor king driven by lust and his quest for an heir, broke away from the Roman Catholic church in 1534 after the pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.Henry created the Church of England, appointed himself its supreme governor, divorced Catherine and married Anne Boleyn (who lasted just three years before she was beheaded for treason). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Photos of King Charles III and Queen Camilla visiting the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. The event marks the first time since the Reformation that the heads of these two churches have prayed together.

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2 w. ago King Charles meets Pope Leo for historical Vatican meeting as royal warns of 'constant hazard'

King Charles and Queen Camilla have made a symbolic trip to the Vatican to see Pope Leo in order to pray with the new head of the Catholic Church

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2 w. ago British royals visit Vatican in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived at the Vatican for a historic visit to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church, a welcome spiritual respite for the royals from the turmoil at home over the Epstein sex scandal

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