A record percentage of young adults will never marry, study shows

A new study claims one-in-three young adults in the United States will never marry. Writing for the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), Lyman Stone says these are close to the lowest levels ever observed for marriage rates.”Many commentators will blame these declines...

Catholic conversions hit record highs around capital

Record numbers of people are expected to become Catholics this Easter in parishes across London and south-east England. Nearly 850 people are on the cusp of entering the Church, according to new figures from the dioceses of Westminster and Southwark. More than half...

Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in South Africa

Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. “Three monks were subjected to a criminal assault inside our Coptic monastery,” a spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said in statement posted on...