A 13-year-old boy has become the Bishop of Norwich, in a reprisal of a medieval tradition. Having a ‘boy bishop’, chosen from the cathedral boys’ choir, marks St Nicholas Day, which honours the ...
The King has formally approved the nomination of Rt Rev David Williams, currently the Suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke, for election as the new Bishop of Truro. He succeeds Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen,...
Ukrainian bishop Mykola Bychok has been appointed as a cardinal at the age of 44, making him the youngest in the world. He serves as the bishop of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne, re...
Aid to the Church in Need has raised alarms over the potential disappearance of Syria’s Christian population as the country faces escalating conflict and a worsening humanitarian crisis. This warnin...
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised UK vicars as "naive" for allegedly enabling asylum seekers to convert to Christianity as a tactic to avoid deportation. Speaking at a conservativ...
A church in Shipley is offering a unique blend of WWE-style wrestling alongside prayer and worship in an innovative effort to draw in new members. St Peter’s Church now hosts Kingdom Wrestling, a Ch...
The Abbot of Caldey Abbey, a remote Welsh island monastery, has issued an apology following an independent review into historical child sex abuse by a late monk. Father Jan Rossey apologised for the "...
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool has officially declared the healing of a paraplegic sailor as a miracle. John (Jack) Traynor from Liverpool returned home walking after being cured of epilep...
A Syrian priest has told Premier he hopes for a new constitution in his country, after rebel forces seized control of Damascus. Rev Dr Nadim Nassar was the first Syrian Church of England priest. He fo...
The Bishop of London, Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, believes streaming services are taking away the “moments of togetherness” that TV once brought to families. Writing in the Radio Times, she hig...
The Diocese of Rochester has passed a vote of no confidence in the Archbishops’ Council, in wake of scandals around safeguarding. The Archbishops’ Council became responsible for safeguarding in Ap...
The Bishop of Oxford has called for smartphone-free schools, as part of a debate on the impact of smart devices on young people. Speaking in the House of Lords last week, Dr Steven Croft said that his...
A procession of hundreds of people holding candles walked through the streets of Paris to bring a famed statue of the Virgin Mary and child back to Notre-Dame Cathedral on Friday, five years after i...
A church in Scotland is celebrating Christmas with an unusual advent calendar. New Kilpatrick Parish Church in Bearsden has lined up cans of Irn Bru to create an interactive window display. Each day, ...
Storm Darragh has ripped the roof off a church in Wales. Pentre Chapel, in the village of Mochdre near Powys, had its roof destroyed on Saturday morning after a red weather alert was put in place for ...
The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign of openness by the global Church tow...
Pope Francis led a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday to install 21 new Catholic cardinals with a large bruise on his chin, which the Vatican said was the result of a minor fall the pre...
A speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury has been slammed as "utterly insensitive" by the Church of England’s lead bishops for safeguarding. Premier Christian News has learned that following Most R...
A survivor of church abuse has publicly called for the resignation of the Archbishop of York. Matthew Ineson, who was raped by Vicar Trevor Devamanikkam in Bradford during the 1980s, has criticised t...
Three churches in Colchester have taken on a divine challenge this advent, crafting over one hundred and fifty angels as invites to their Christmas services. Members of the Well methodist Church, Ark ...
