UK & Ireland News

Visitors to the sacred building this week have been taken aback to find its medieval interior covered in graffiti-style slogans, part of a new art installation that has drawn serious criticism

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has commended the release of the Apostolic Exhortation 'Dilexi te' – ‘I have loved you’ – the first document of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, as a timely reminder for the faithful

The prominent former Tory politician has released a video on the history of the Feast of the Holy Rosary in which he guides viewers on how to pray the popular Catholic devotion and even extolls its health benefits

The study invites responses from both adult neurodivergent Catholics and their caregivers, seeking to identify what helps and what hinders full participation in Church life

An icon created in Ukraine during the height of the conflict has been solemnly blessed at a UK cathedral after making a perilous journey out of the country. The icon was made and brought to the UK after being commissioned by the Catholic Military Association

A recent poll sheds light on attitudes among Catholics, Protestants and the non-religious in the country towards religion, Christianity and individual Churches

Her emergence as a popular presidential prospect, albeit one who was sidelined by the establishment, gives hope of a country falling back in love with the forgotten faith of its forebears

Elijah Burke was escorted out of a University of Galway event after questioning presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly about his brother Enoch’s imprisonment over a transgender dispute.

Dame Sarah Mullally has been named Archbishop of Canterbury Designate, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England in its nearly 500-year history.

A car and knife attack outside a packed Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur has left two people dead and three seriously injured, as police investigate potential links to a surge in antisemitic incidents across the UK.

A woman in her 30s was attacked by a group of men in the churchyard of St Mary’s in Banbury early on Sunday

Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Archbishop Paul Gallagher accused world leaders of ignoring the plight of persecuted Christians, warning that over 360 million believers face violence or discrimination.

George Galloway has been detained under anti-terror legislation at Gatwick Airport after returning from Moscow.

A 75-year-old woman has been arrested for the second time under Scotland’s new buffer zone law after standing silently with a placard near a Glasgow hospital.

Leo is the first pope from the US and the wider Anglosphere, a fact that lends a distinctive character to this meeting between the head of the Church of England and the head of the world’s Catholics who heralds from a country that fought a war of independence to free itself from the British monarchy

The diocese was restored in 1850 as Catholic life in the country slowly emerged from centuries of opposition and suppression

The ecumenical organisation, which includes Cardinal Nichols, the head of Catholics in England and Wales, has expressed 'deep concern' about Christian symbols being co-opted to support 'hostile' messages toward others