On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. A concrete trapezoid banner encasing a bell tower looms ...

Some of Cupitt’s colleagues thought he had stretched the limits of theological integrity and should have resigned from the priesthood ...

begins with a preview event on February 13 in the North York Moors when renowned space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will talk about space exploration at Sneaton Castle near ...

Fire and Emergency says a vegetation fire in a Whitby reserve in the Wellington suburb of Porirua has been contained, and crews remain on site to monitor the area and dampen down hotspots. A ...

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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has designated three churches in Manila, Quezon City, and San Mateo, Rizal as national shrines. In a statement Sunday, the CBCP said that the ...

A public consultation has been launched on plans for a £600 million theme park in north Oxfordshire. Puy du Fou, which currently has a park in Les Epesses, France, and in Toledo, Spain, has ...

Half a dozen Wellington fire brigades worked through the night to extinguish a suspicious fire near Transmission Gully in Whitby. Firefighters were called to the blaze – in a culvert on Waitangirua ...

Controversial plans to project adverts near Bath Abbey should not go ahead again unless directly approved by councillors, the chair of the council’s planning committee has indicated. The ...

begins with a preview event on February 13 when renowned space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will talk about space exploration at Sneaton Castle near Whitby. The festival’s ...

Vice President JD Vance fired back at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops over its denunciation of the Trump administration rule change allowing ICE raids in churches and schools. Last week ...