Pope 'calls Argentine paper seller to cancel delivery'
The new pontiff has reportedly called his local Argentine newspaper seller to tell him he would not need his papers delivered anymore.
Welby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
The Most Rev Justin Welby warned of the dangers of abandoning more than 1,000 years of Christianity during his first sermon as Archbishop.
Pope Francis pledges to serve at inauguration
Pope Francis has promised to bring his followers hope by service at his inauguration in front of a crowd of 150,000 in Rome.
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Archbishop of Westminster to bless 600 couples
The Archbishop of Westminster will bless more than 600 married couples today to celebrate marriage as "an exclusive commitment and a life-long partnership between a man and a woman".
The couples - who have almost 20,000 years of marriage between them - are all celebrating their 10th, 25th, 40th, 50th or 60th+ wedding anniversaries this year.
In his homily, Archbishop Vincent Nichols will say that marriage between man and woman is "sorely needed today" and serves society during the "hardship and deprivation today".
He will tell the couples that marriage "fulfils husband and wife and is itself fulfilled in the life of the family".
Church of England conducting blessings for gay couples
ITV News has obtained evidence that the Church of England is privately acknowledging same-sex partnerships, by conducting blessings for gay couples.
Officially the Church is against the government's gay marriage plans.
A Church report today said vicars should offer support to gay couples but not blessings.
ITV News Social Afffairs Editor Penny Marshall, reports:
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Bishop hopes Church will offer blessing to gay people
In 1998 all the Bishops of the Anglican Communion agreed that we needed to listen to the experience of gay people. And over the last 15 years the Church of England has done that.
And it’s come to a view that civil partnerships are a just response to the needs of the gay community. But the question the church now has to answer is how can it then withhold the blessing of God from that which it believes to be just.
– Bishop of Liverpool James JonesThat’s a question the Church is wrestling with at the moment. The Church believes there is a difference between marriage and civil partnership, between heterosexual union and same gender intimacy.
While maintaining that difference I personally hope that the Church will find a way to offering the blessing of God on the love of gay people in a civil partnership and in a committed stable relationship.
See more on this story on the News at 10.
Bishop: Ban on same-sex blessings should be lifted
James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, told ITV News that he would like to see the ban on same-sex blessings overturned.
He told Social Affairs Editor Penny Marshall: "We’ve come to a time now that if we believe that civil partnerships are just then we can’t withhold the blessing of God from that which we believe to be just”.
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Pope Francis formally installed as Bishop of Rome
Pope Francis was formally installed as the Bishop of Rome today in a ceremony, in which he used his arrival at St John in Lateran Basilica to honour a past pope who still remains popular in Rome.
Francis arrived a half-hour early to bless a plaque renaming a corner of the piazza outside the church after Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005.
"It is with joy that I am celebrating the Eucharist for the first time in this Lateran Basilica, the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome. I greet all of you with great affection," Francis said in his homily.
Pope Francis to act 'with determination' against sex abuse
Pope Francis has said he will act "with determination" against sex abuse cases in the Church, the Associated Press reports.
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Cheers and tears at 135th White House Easter Egg Roll
President Barack Obama kicked off the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. The President was joined by his wife Michelle, daughters, Malia and Sasha, the Easter bunny and Robbie Novak aka 'Kid President'.
Watch: White House April Fools 'message from the President'
The tradition to invite public to the South lawn of the White House was started 135 years ago by then President Rutherford Hayes and his wife Lucy.
Watch: The White House Easter Egg Roll event lice video stream
Obamas celebrate Easter
Barack Obama and his family have attended a special Easter service at St John's Episcopal Church in Washington. The first family walked from the White House to attend the service.
Christians celebrate Easter
Easter Sunday represents a new beginning for Christians, but today had an even stronger sense of renewal for Anglicans and Catholics.
Both have new leaders just settling into their roles and it's today that their messages tend to reach the widest audience of the year.
Martha Fairlie reports on a warning from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope's plea for peace.
Queen leads Easter service at Windsor Castle
Members of the Royal Family were led by the Queen at the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle today.
A crowd of well-wishers gathered outside St George's Chapel to see the royals as they arrived for the Mattins service on a cold March morning.
The Queen, who was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, wore a long pink coat and matching hat accessorised by a flower.
Princess Eugenie wore a cream dress and hat with a black coat, while her sister, Princess Beatrice, wore a turquoise dress and coat, with a yellow hat. Their father, the Duke of York, was also at the service.
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