Jill, Duchess of Hamilton on a spectacular exhibition of Franciscan treasures brought to the Palace of Versailles from the Holy Land
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A new scandal is shaking the Aussie Church
Police are currently looking into alleged cover-ups involving three senior churchmen
The Dirty Digger’s religious odyssey
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, says that Rupert Murdoch is fond of the Catholic Church but cannot escape his rebellious Wee Free heritage
‘Jesus had a brief nervous breakdown’
Jill Hamilton meets Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, the scholar with a bold view of what happened in the Garden of Gethsemane
Why Catholics are flocking to the Bible Belt
There are few Catholics in South Carolina, the reddest of red states, but that is changing fast
Even choosing a Holy Land wine is political
A proposed separation wall near Bethlehem may jeopardise a famous altar wine produced at the Cremisan Monastery
Fans unite to kill bill to end sectarianism
Both Celtic and Glasgow fans are campaigning against a bill that would criminalise displays of bigotry on the terraces
It’s becoming hard to find an Aussie priest
Soon one in four priests in Australia will be foreign-born or on visas
Assad shoves Christians into the firing line
Syria’s dictator has appointed a Greek Orthodox general as his new minister of defence: Christians may face retribution








King Herod is undergoing an odd reinvention
Curators of a blockbuster exhibition have sought to sanitise his reputation