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An Anglican vicar has slammed Yorkshire Building Society for closing his account after he accused them of promoting gender ideology. Rev Richard Fothergill, a longstanding customer with the building society, wrote to them in June to complain about their public messaging during Pride month. The 62-year-old says within four days, he received a reply telling him his internet savings account would be closed, The Times reports. Rev Fothergill, of Windermere, Cumbria, has since accused the banking giant of 'bullying' and said: 'I wasn't even aware that our relationship had a problem. They are a financial house – they are not...

At the freedom protest on 4 December in York, Sarah, whose husband is a vicar in the Church of England, spoke out about the battle between good and evil we are facing.“We’re in a massive battle. And this isn’t about the North or the South, or about whether you’re left or right politically. This is not a battle about land. This is actually a battle for the mind. This is the greatest battle that you’re ever going to be in … What people are seeing now is the battle between good and evil,” she said.When asked her thoughts about vaccine...

"Vicar of Christ" is a historic description of bishops and popes, originally representing the "earthly manifestation of Christ."  The bishop of Rome, or the pope, is the modern-day example of the vicar of Christ.  He is currently known as Pope Francis, the 266th pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope from outside Europe since the 8th century. The outspoken Pope Francis is a proponent of social justice, perhaps influenced by his youth in Buenos Aires or a stint as a night club bouncer before joining the seminary.  He speaks passionately about climate change, immigration, and now guns.  Is the pope virtue-signaling?...

Among Catholic doctrines, those pertaining to the papacy tend to be the most misunderstood and contested by non-catholics. The following verses show the biblical basis for Catholic teaching on the primacy of Peter, the office of the papacy being established by Christ and allusions to the doctrine of infallibility. These doctrines reached their full development in the life of the Church only after centuries of contemplation and study, in councils and through the actions of the popes. And we should never forget that since the Church is likened by Christ to a “mustart seed” that grows and develops organically from...

The clergyman, in his 50s, told nurses he had been hanging curtains when he fell backwards on to his kitchen table. He happened to be nude at the time of the mishap, said the vicar, who insisted he had not been playing a sex game. The vicar had to undergo a delicate operation to extract the vegetable, one of a range of odd items medics in Sheffield have had to remove from people's backsides or genitals. Others include a can of deodorant, a cucumber, a Russian doll – and a carnation.

Two Aryan Brotherhood ringleaders were convicted of murder, racketeering and conspiracy in July after a four-month trial. Now, as their sentencing hearing began Monday, they were to learn their punishment. Barry "The Baron" Mills and Tyler "The Hulk" Bingham were expected to receive life sentences Monday following a sweeping federal case aimed at dismantling one of the country's most notorious prison gangs. To prevent communication with gang members and others, prosecutors were also asking a U.S. District Court judge to impose bans on visits, letters or phone calls from anyone but their attorneys, and on keeping writing implements, paper or...

LOS ANGELES Attorneys who failed to get kingpins of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang acquitted on charges of murder, conspiracy and racketeering are trying a novel approach to save their clients from possible death sentences. The defense for Barry "The Baron" Mills and Tyler "The Hulk" Bingham have filed motions with a federal judge arguing that the government must present live witnesses during their clients' sentencing phase or nothing at all. The argument is based on the 2004 U.S. Supreme Court decision Crawford v. Washington, in which the high court found that defendants have the right to confront witnesses whose...

'New' Litany of the Saints from the Papal Funeral Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro eo Sancta Maria, Mater Ecclesiæ, ora pro eo Sancta Maria, Salus populi Romani, ora pro eo Sancti Michael, Gabriel et Raphael, orate pro eo Omnes sancti Angeli, orate pro eo Sancte Ioseph, ora pro eo Sancte Ioannes Baptista, ora pro eo Omnes Sancti Patriarchæ et Prophetæ, orate pro eo Sancti Petre et Paule, orate pro eo Sancte Andrea, ora pro eo Sancti Ioannes et Iacobe, orate pro eo Sancte Thoma, ora pro eo Sancte Matthæe, ora pro eo Sancte Matthia, ora pro eo Sancte Luca,...

1. Mane nobiscum, Domine! Stay with us, Lord! (cf. Lk 24:29) With these words, the disciples on the road to Emmaus invited the mysterious Wayfarer to stay with them, as the sun was setting on that first day of the week when the incredible had occurred. According to his promise, Christ had risen; but they did not yet know this. Nevertheless, the words spoken by the Wayfarer along the road made their hearts burn within them. So they said to him: "Stay with us". Seated around the supper table, they recognized him in the "breaking of bread" - and...

C4 begins search to find Church Idol A church will have the chance to reverse its flagging fortunes with the help of a new TV show – Priest Idol. The church selected for the Channel 4 programme has a congregation of only nine, mainly ageing, regular worshippers. The show, to be broadcast at the end of next year, will hunt for a new vicar who can attract more people into the empty pews at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Lundwood in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Backed by a small panel of advisers, the chosen vicar will receive a sum of...

A country vicar has been suspended after shocked parishioners reported that a naked picture of him had been posted on an internet dating website. The picture allegedly shows Fr Bob Locke, 41, the Anglican vicar of Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and invites contact from women for sex. The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev John Gladwin, suspended the married clergyman while the "unsettling allegations" are investigated. Church authorities decided they had to act after a woman who lives in the Burnham area, where Mr Locke became vicar at the 14th-century St Mary the Virgin church four years ago, reportedly saw the picture...

A motorbiking vicar has complained about being held up by police who stopped him with a coffin in his sidecar which he was taking to a funeral. The Rev Paul Sinclair was taking the body of a dead biker to a crematorium in Yeovil, Somerset, in his motorbike hearse when police flagged him down for not wearing a crash helmet. Mr Sinclair, 37, said he explained that the hearse was taxed as the equivalent of a car, meaning he did not have to wear a crash helmet. But the officers held him up for a further 10 minutes and took...

Vicariates help parishes to share talent, pool resources 02/21/2003 Ed Langlois For some things, a diocese is too big and a parish is too small. That’s one reason there are regional groupings of Catholic churches called vicariates or deaneries. As the number of clergy drops, vicariates may grow in importance, priests say. Parishes are likely to share ministry, pool resources and forge regional Catholic unity. “What we are getting towards is vicariate-level ministry and doing things together so that if we are left with two priests instead of four priests in this region we can still manage,” says Father...

It is the news no child wants to hear-and certainly not from the mouth of a vicar.Youngsters at a Chirstmas carol servcie were devasated when the Reverend Lee Mayfield told them that Santa Claus was dead.Even parents at a service in Maidenhead, Berkshire were shocked to hear Mr. Rayfield say it was scientifically impossible for Father Christmas to deliver so many presents so quickly.Mr. Rayfield has admitted making a serious misjudgement in telling the story to children as young as five years old.

Although the Roman Catholic Church did little to investigate priests accused of sex abuse in the Bridgeport diocese, in at least one case a private detective dug into the personal life of an alleged victim and reported his findings to then-Bishop Edward M. Egan's top aide, sealed court documents show. Church officials pursued the 1992 investigation of the accuser - a tactic said by critics to be common in such cases - even though they knew that the accused priest, the Rev. Laurence Brett, had faced other sex complaints and had admitted to biting a teenager during oral sex in...