Nicola Sturgeon under fire after pictures emerge of her with Iranian Shia Muslim cleric who once compared gay marriage to bestiality The First Minister pulled out of appearing alongside Mohammad Shomali in 2019 But pictures reveal she met him at the same event the previous year Writing about gay marriage in 2016 he said: ‘Perhaps … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon under fire after pictures emerge of her with Iranian Shia Muslim cleric who once compared gay marriage to bestiality The First Minister pulled out of appearing alongside Mohammad Shomali in 2019 But pictures reveal she met him at the same event the previous year Writing about gay marriage in 2016 he said: ‘Perhaps … Read more
Pope Francis today held a historic meeting with the top Shia Islam cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on day two of his landmark visit to Iraq. The 84-year-old, who defied security fears and the pandemic to become the first pontiff to travel to the Gulf, met with the Grand Ayatollah in Najaf as his four-day trip … Read more
Most marriages are awash with ups, downs, twists, turns, love and misunderstandings — all glued together with lashings of patience, compromise and forgiveness. For clerical wives (and husbands), achieving marital harmony sounds even more challenging — what with God being here, there and everywhere, all those pesky parishioners to look after, cakes to bake and … Read more