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12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

Nun blasts exiled former Spanish king as 'corrupt', 'womaniser', 'thief'

Nun blasts exiled former Spanish king as 'corrupt', 'womaniser', 'thief'

Nun blasts exiled former Spanish king as “corrupt”, “womaniser”, “thief”

Young people share hopes for post-lockdown Church 'not afraid to be challenged, to learn, to adapt and to grow'

Young people share hopes for post-lockdown Church 'not afraid to be challenged, to learn, to adapt and to grow'

Young people share hopes for post-lockdown Church not afraid “to be challenged, to learn, to adapt and to grow”

Minister General of Conventual Franciscans insists COVID-19 'not God punishing us or tripping us up'

Minister General of Conventual Franciscans insists COVID-19 'not God punishing us or tripping us up'

Minister General of Conventual Franciscans insists COVID-19 “not God punishing us or tripping us up”

What literature can tell us about people’s faith (or rejection of it) during a pandemic

What literature can tell us about people’s faith (or rejection of it) during a pandemic

What literature can tell us about people’s faith (or rejection of it) during a pandemic

In new book preface, Pope says COVID-19 a wake-up call to global injustice, 'cry of the poor and of our gravely diseased planet'

In new book preface, Pope says COVID-19 a wake-up call to global injustice, 'cry of the poor and of our gravely diseased planet'

In new book preface, Pope says COVID-19 a wake-up call to global injustice, “cry of the poor and of our gravely diseased planet”

Selflessness of immigrants during COVID-19 forces UK media, public to rethink xenophobia

Selflessness of immigrants during COVID-19 forces UK media, public to rethink xenophobia

Selflessness of immigrants during COVID-19 forces UK media, public to rethink xenophobia

Pope pleads - 'Much remains to be done' to end human trafficking, 'an open wound on the body of society'

Pope pleads - 'Much remains to be done' to end human trafficking, 'an open wound on the body of society'

Pope pleads: “Much remains to be done” to end human trafficking, “an open wound on the body of society”

COVID-19 in Europe - The price of being rich

COVID-19 in Europe - The price of being rich

COVID-19 in Europe: The price of being rich

German Church at loggerheads over Bishops' plans to reform seminaries

German Church at loggerheads over Bishops' plans to reform seminaries

German Church at loggerheads over Bishops’ plans to reform seminaries

Humanist academic calls for removal of 'problematic' cross from flag of Sweden

Humanist academic calls for removal of 'problematic' cross from flag of Sweden

Humanist academic calls for removal of “problematic” cross from flag of Sweden

Turkey - plan to reopen ancient basilica of Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship sparks geopolitical firestorm

Turkey - plan to reopen ancient basilica of Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship sparks geopolitical firestorm

Historian, on Hagia Sophia: “The problem is political, not religious. Erdoğan acted for the sake of nationalism, not the Muslim faith”

Why does Hagia Sophia still stir up such strong passions after 1,500 years

Why does Hagia Sophia still stir up such strong passions after 1,500 years

Explainer: Why does Hagia Sophia still stir such strong passions after 1,500 years?

Ecotheologian Boff warns of humanity's 'unsustainable' relationship with planet

Ecotheologian Boff warns of humanity's 'unsustainable' relationship with planet

Ecotheologian Boff warns of humanity’s “unsustainable” relationship with planet: “If this perverse logic continues, it will lead to our grave”

Vatican archbishop says post-pandemic chance to 'transform' market, 'rethink' models of development, coexistence

Vatican archbishop says post-pandemic chance to 'transform' market, 'rethink' models of development, coexistence

Vatican archbishop says post-pandemic chance to “transform” market, “rethink” models of development, coexistence

Bishops celebrate agreement on EU coronavirus recovery fund - 'This is the Europe of solidarity'

Bishops celebrate agreement on EU coronavirus recovery fund - 'This is the Europe of solidarity'

Bishops celebrate agreement on EU coronavirus recovery fund: “This is the Europe of solidarity”

German Church tax income hits new high despite record drop in membership

German Church tax income hits new high despite record drop in membership

German Church tax income hits new high despite record drop in membership

Cardinal Marx insists Christians 'obliged' to stand up to anti-Semitism

Cardinal Marx insists Christians 'obliged' to stand up to anti-Semitism

Cardinal Marx insists Christians “obliged” to fight anti-Semitism: “We must not look away again”

COVID-19 - Belgian bishop recalls need for Church to obey State on health matters

COVID-19 - Belgian bishop recalls need for Church to obey State on health matters

COVID-19: Belgian bishop recalls need for Church to obey State health directives

Serbian Patriarch appeals for joint Muslim-Christian worship in Hagia Sophia in sign of 'historical symbiosis, tolerance and trust'

Serbian Patriarch appeals for joint Muslim-Christian worship in Hagia Sophia in sign of 'historical symbiosis, tolerance and trust'

Serbian Patriarch appeals for joint Muslim-Christian worship in Hagia Sophia in sign of “historical symbiosis, tolerance and trust”

'Our Lady of COVID' - a 'message of hope' or a 'blasphemous provocation'

'Our Lady of COVID' - a 'message of hope' or a 'blasphemous provocation'

‘Our Lady of COVID’: a “message of hope” or a “blasphemous provocation”?

Number of Spaniards identifying as Catholics, attending Mass falls to new low

Number of Spaniards identifying as Catholics, attending Mass falls to new low

Number of Spaniards identifying as Catholics, attending Mass falls to new low

Analysis - Could US and Western Europe use the Hagia Sophia reconversion to create a new front against Turkey

Analysis - Could US and Western Europe use the Hagia Sophia reconversion to create a new front against Turkey

Analysis: Could the US and Western Europe use the Hagia Sophia reconversion to create a new front against Turkey?

Vatican official deplores - 'The coronavirus is very democratic in its transmission, but very elitist in its treatment'

Vatican official deplores - 'The coronavirus is very democratic in its transmission, but very elitist in its treatment'

Vatican official deplores: “The coronavirus is very democratic in its transmission, but very elitist in its treatment”

500 million Christians urge G20 to 'build back better' a 'truly just and sustainable' economy post-COVID-19

500 million Christians urge G20 to 'build back better' a 'truly just and sustainable' economy post-COVID-19

500 million Christians urge G20 to “build back better” a “truly just and sustainable” economy post-COVID-19

What prompted Turkish president Erdogan to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

What prompted Turkish president Erdogan to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Analysis: What prompted Turkish president Erdogan to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque?

Bassetti warns post-COVID - 'Either we rebuild a world with a hunger for justice or we will witness the decline of our civilisation'

Bassetti warns post-COVID - 'Either we rebuild a world with a hunger for justice or we will witness the decline of our civilisation'

Cardinal Bassetti warns post-COVID: “Either we rebuild a world with a hunger for justice or we will witness the decline of our civilisation”

Why is Pope Francis keeping quiet on the Hagia Sophia mosque conversion

Why is Pope Francis keeping quiet on the Hagia Sophia mosque conversion

Updated: Francis speaks out against Hagia Sophia mosque reconversion… Too little, too late?

Turkish Council of State gives green light to conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque

Turkish Council of State gives green light to conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque

Turkish Council of State gives green light to conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque

Cardinal Tagle laments how quickly humanity has forgotten COVID-19 lessons

Cardinal Tagle laments how quickly humanity has forgotten COVID-19 lessons

Cardinal Tagle laments how quickly humanity forgetting COVID-19 lessons: “We’re back to the fighting, the imposition of power…”