The Archbishop of Wales has announced his retirement from the role with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Andrew John confirmed he would also be retiring as Bishop of Bangor on 31 August. His sudden retirement follows a turbulent period for his Bangor diocese, after the publication of the summaries of two...
As its cardinals gather for their conclave today at the Vatican, the Catholic Church and other faiths find itself under assault — not just in China and North Korea, but in the state of Washington. Despite impassioned opposition, Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law stripping members of the clergy of their ability to...
Pope Francis refused to heed advice to slow down in his final few years, preferring to “die with his boots on”, according to a close aide. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister since 2014, said the Pope was driven to carry on because he knew he had...
Laura Kuenssberg and Sean Seddon BBC News Watch: Justin Welby says if Smyth were alive, he would forgive him Justin Welby has told the BBC he forgives a serial abuser at the heart of a scandal that led to his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury. In his first interview since quitting in November last year,...