BRITAIN’S most senior faith leaders said they were united in “resisting and overcoming the evil of terrorism” in the wake of the bombings in London.

Hundreds of thousands of people joined hands to form a human band around Scotland’s capital today in protest at world poverty.

A great grandmother wrongly imprisoned for nine years for involvement in IRA bomb attacks received a papal honour yesterday, bestowed upon her by the late Pope John Paul II in one of his final acts.

It is now the duty of 120 cardinals to decide who will head the millions of Catholics around the globe.

MILLIONS of faithful around the world were praying for Pope John Paul II, as the 84-year-old head of the Catholic Church appeared to be approaching his final hours.

Roman Catholics across the world, from blue-collar workers in Poland to monks in the Norwegian Arctic and parishioners in the Philippines, prayed for the Pope today amid fading hopes that he would recover.

The “martyrdom” of murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan was honoured in a memorial service to her today.

The bells of Notre Dame rang out today on the 60th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s emotional march from the Arc de Triomphe to the cathedral in the city’s heart, closing a week of ceremonies to mark Paris’s liberation from the Nazis.

Actor and director Mel Gibson’s biblical film The Passion of the Christ is “damagingly anti-Semitic”, Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the UK-based Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee, claimed today.

THE Archbishop of Westminster yesterday faced renewed controversy over his handling of child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church, following a claim that he misled the public over the way he dealt with allegations against a priest.

The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was today due to answer detailed questions about allegations of child abuse by priests in his former diocese.

THE leader of the Catholic church in England and Wales was under renewed pressure yesterday after new claims emerged over his handling of allegations of paedophilia against priests.

Tributes to Princess Margaret began pouring in within minutes of the announcement of her death today.

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, is to preach to the Queen and the British royal family at their estate at Sandringham today.