Catherine Pepinster is the author of Defenders of the Faith: The British Monarchy, Religion and the Next Coronation, published by Hodder and Stoughton.

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Queen Elizabeth helped make UK more tolerant of all Christian denominations

Appreciation: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8 at the age of 96, was deeply respected for her profound personal Christian faith — a faith she publicly articulated more frequently as she got older.

Same-sex marriage debate sparks row at worldwide meeting of Anglican prelates

Anglican bishops from all over the world began the Lambeth Conference this week amid a furious conflict over same-sex marriage and a scramble by the archbishop of Canterbury and other church leaders to defuse it.

The priest and the 'Fleabag' forge mutual faith in Amazon comedy series

The Roman Catholic Church might not have dreamed up this marketing campaign on its own: a sexy, heavily swearing and equally heavily drinking priest who struggles to resist the charms of a highly promiscuous Londoner.

British inquiry into church sexual abuse blasts UK's papal nuncio

A British government inquiry into the sexual abuse crisis that continues to shake the Catholic Church has focused on the actions of the Vatican’s diplomatic service — its network of papal nuncios around the world.