There are only a couple of surviving images of the Refuge for the Destitute, the Georgian institution which moved to Hackney ...

The Church, and all in the Church, have a “prophetic duty” to convince political leaders that war is not only a disaster in itself, but also a “disastrous ...

Nigerian bishops demanded more government investment in modern surveillance technology, stronger intelligence gathering and ...

Only a small minority of Europeans agree with Catholic teachings on abortion, contraception, and divorce, which are much more ...

Two former Poor Clares excommunicated along with eight fellow members of their community in north-west Spain have returned to the Catholic Church as laywomen.

In a world filled with genre fiction, it’s rare to come across a novel that effortlessly leaps boundaries in a blaze of originality, but Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch does just that. It takes the stuff ...

On 2 November 2020, Gisèle Pelicot accompanied her husband to the local police station in the south of France. Dominique ...

Mary, Queen of Scots does not recount what she ate for dinner on 7 February 1587, but she does record what happened as soon ...

The widening war across the Middle East, triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, is a “grave cause of sorrow and alarm”, ...

Becoming George” might have been the title of a new play about the young womanhood of another great female novelist; but ...

The Provost’s Office, Trinity College, Dublin, 2022. A small group of community campaigners are gathered to request that the ...

Katya Adler has been the BBC’s Europe editor for over a decade so she is well placed to use her aptitude in five languages to ...