New apartments are set to rise in a Birmingham inner-city area after being given the green light, following support by ...

The investigation by officers from West Midlands Police began in May 2021 after a rival group pulled up outside a house on Oakwood Road in Sparkhill, which the gang was using to prepare the drugs ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

This church was "discovered" by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. After attempts to "latinize" the rite, many broke away to form their own rite under the control of the Syrian Patriarch.

Some suggest that it was still flourishing after the efforts of the Council of Trent (1545-63) to reform and revitalise the Church, as witnessed by its well-educated clergy, numerous and varied ...