A First Communion group at St Mary’s the Mount church, Walsall, West Midlands
Major McCrory is seen here receiving his Knighthood from Bishop Richard Moth of the Forces, supported by Army chaplains Fr Anthony Paris, left, and, on the right in combat kit, Fr Nick Gosnell
Pontiff preaches message of reconciliation as tensions in eastern Mediterranean escalate
A martyred Polish priest was praised for standing against the oppressive forces of Communism when he defended human rights in his sermons during a beatification Mass
David Cameron appoints former governor of Hong Kong to key role ahead of Pope’s visit
The murder of 12 people by a lone gunman in the Lake District was a ‘senseless act of evil,’ a Catholic bishop has said
The plight of Christians in the Middle East is threatened by an “extremist current” of “political Islam” and is being ignored by the world, the Pope has said ahead of a new Vatican report
Sister Marie Simon-Pierre was cured of aggressive Parkinson’s disease after her order prayed to John Paul II
