Religion

Women whose babies were taken from them in post-war Britain because they were unmarried tell of their ongoing pain in a new ITV documentary.

Julie Etchingham ITV News presenter

The Archbishop of Canterbury is to meet Pope Francis in what is being heralded a defining moment for Anglican-Roman Catholic relations.

Those who wear face veils in public are liable to a £664 fine and a suspension of social benefits.

Pope Francis paid a visit to a maternity ward in Rome and a hospice for the terminally ill, as part of the Holy Year of Mercy.

The former Bishop of Durham who notoriously once questioned the Virgin Birth has died at the age of 91, his family has said.

The Roman Catholic nun was declared a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony in the Vatican on Sunday where thousands of people attended.

Bishop says he never hid sexuality while conservative group condemns "major error" as church faces internal debate over gay relationships.

Nicholas Chamberlain is the first Church of England bishop to come out as gay after a Sunday newspaper reportedly threatened to expose him.

Crisis talks are being held over fears that trainee Catholic priests in Ireland are using the gay dating app Grindr.