Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeBoris Johnson quoted from the Bible yesterday as appeared to confirm he believes in God. The pair tied the knot in Westminster Cathedral, the mother church for Roman Catholics in Britain. Twice-divorced Mr Johnson was only allowed to marry in Westminster Cathedral because of a loophole in Catholic Canon Law. If he is now a Roman Catholic, he would have to delegate a little-known power to another minister. But the 1829 Roman Catholic Relief Act, passed when the Duke of Wellington was PM, says that no “person professing the Roman Catholic religion” is allowed to advise the monarch on the selection of Church of England bishops.

Source: Daily Mirror June 13, 2021 06:48 UTC