This photo of a little girl hugging a pilot is going viral for a very good reason.

Rising levels of depression and self-harm among teenagers are linked to the absence of religion in young people’s lives, a Catholic bishop’s adviser on religious education has claimed.

St Nicholas Abbey and Rip Van Winkle are among a 17-strong entry from Aidan O'Brien in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on July 3.

JIM BOLGER set punters another conundrum when coming out in favour of the Darley Irish Oaks over the Epsom equivalent after Lush Lashes stylishly scored in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York.

A top Vatican official acknowledged today what many observers have long suspected: that Pope John Paul suffers from Parkinson’s disease. But he said the Pontiff’s prayers had helped him cope with the degenerative neurological disorder.

THE Vatican yesterday gave its approval to the revised US bishops’ policy to combat sex abuse in the clergy, declaring the need to restore the image of the priesthood in a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church.