To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedJacob Phillips26 September 2026Pope Leo XIV has praised the "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" young...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedJacob Phillips26 September 2026Pope Leo XIV has praised the "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" young...

ReutersSean Seddon4 hours agoPope Leo has called on French bishops to root out the "scourge" of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, telling them to "maintain the greatest vigilance", ahead of...

ReutersHugh Schofieldin Paris25 September 2026, 00:17 BSTUpdated 2 minutes agoPope Leo XIV embarks on a four-day visit to France on Friday, with the highpoint being a giant Mass attended by more than...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Jihadists have reportedly slaughtered worshippers and kidnapped dozens, accusing victims of failing to follow their "interpretation of Islam".

Plans for a 13-storey Albanian mosque and community centre in north-west London have sparked opposition from residents, with critics arguing there are already 15 mosques within a three-mile radius of...

FacebookEwan Gawne and Rachael Lazaro, North West23 July 2026, 12:09 BSTUpdated 5 minutes agoA police chief has apologised after admitting phones were seized from the Manchester...

A man who planned a terror attack with his friend who went on a fatal knife rampage at a Manchester synagogue less than two months later has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years....

EPACatherine WyattBBC religious affairs2 July 2026The Vatican has excommunicated followers of a conservative Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a day after it consecrated...

EPACatherine WyattBBC religious affairs15 minutes agoMore than half a million Christians who are part of a conservative Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), have been...

EPA/ShutterstockImogen FoulkesGeneva correspondent46 minutes agoThousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance...

Politicians and Muslim community leaders have called on Sir Keir Starmer to convene an emergency Cobra meeting following an alleged knife attack near a mosque in Edinburgh that left five people...

Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope's open-air Mass21 hours agoMaia DaviesMore than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in the...

Bournemouth beach during the recent scorching conditions in May (Image: Getty)A council in one of Britain's most popular seaside resort towns is planning to hammer visitors with a new tax to cover...