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Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill has been defeated by 69 votes to 57 in Holyrood, with senior SNP, Labour and Conservative figures uniting in opposition. A major victory for the most vulnerable in society, the move also raises questions for Kim Leadbeater’s Bill which is attempting to introduce the practice in England and Wales

Pope Leo XIV has moved into the Apostolic Palace with a small circle of trusted aides. As an Augustinian friar accustomed to community life, he is supported by priests and officials who form his household. Here is a closer look at those who help manage his daily work in the Vatican

Pope Leo has moved into the Apostolic Palace which has been vacant since the beginning of Francis’s pontificate in 2013.

Reports from Rome suggest Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical may be nearing publication and could appear shortly after Easter, with the document said to be in the final stages of revision

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has defended an off-grid family in central Italy after a court removed their children

New polling suggests almost seven in ten Scots are concerned that victims of domestic abuse could feel pressured into ending their lives if assisted suicide is legalised, as MSPs prepare for a final vote on the legislation

A backlash has erupted after the assisted suicide pressure group Dignity in Dying took out full front-page adverts in several Scottish newspapers backing the Scottish assisted suicide Bill

Right to Life analysis of the Stage 3 debate on Scotland’s assisted suicide Bill found that 86 per cent of MSPs who spoke against it during yesterday’s session opposed the legislation. Support for the ill thought out bill is rapidly declining

The Latin Church’s only bishop in Iran, Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, has left the country after consultations involving the Holy See and Italian diplomatic authorities, ending his presence in Tehran during the opening days of the war

Cardinal Marc Ouellet has told a Quebec court that placing a $50 banknote inside a woman’s sweater during a hug was a “clumsy mistake”, as civil proceedings over defamation claims continue in Montréal

The German bishops’ conference faces criticism after appointing Fr Wolfgang Rothe, linked to the St Pölten seminary scandal, to a body representing victims of abuse

Visiting a parish in one of Rome’s poorer districts, Pope Leo asked parishioners to put the Eucharist at the centre of parish life and to support young people and families facing hardship