At least 3.7 million people have watched The Church of England's national online services during the last year. Since the coronavirus restrictions on places of worship were introduced, the organis...
A church minister is calling on the Home Secretary to show "compassion, decency and common sense" in the case of a 13-year-old boy facing deportation. Giorgi Kakava, 13, was three when he fl...
Sir Elton John has accused the Vatican of hypocrisy after it declared the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions. The Vatican's orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Fai...
The Catholic Bishop of Lancaster has welcomed the call for a public inquiry into the proposal to open a deep mine at Whitehaven. Rt Rev Paul Swarbrick said: "The issue seems to have a doubl...
Rev Canon Dr John Polkinghorne, a distinguished academic and Anglican priest, has died in Cambridge. Polkinghorne spoke intelligently about science and faith, being an expert in quantum phy...
A Glasgow priest challenging the Scottish government's blanket ban on public worship is to have his arguments heard in court. Canon Tom White, supported by human rights group ADF UK, has joined wi...
Churches in Scotland will be opening earlier than originally planned, on Friday 26th March. They were due to open on Monday 5th April, a day after Easter Sunday. Announcing a number of changes t...
A pastor from one of the largest churches in Northern Ireland has said he faced threats after choosing to reopen his church building. Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle in Belfast welcomed congregants ...
Archbishop Justin Welby has yet to comment on the revelation that he officiated over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's vows three days before their royal wedding at Windsor Castle. Accord...
A French church that was at the heart of one of Europe's first Covid-19 superspreader events has finally reopened its building. In February 2020, the Christian Open Door Church held a prayer confe...
An Irish priest has been caught on camera accidentally blaring out a rap song over the church PA while hosting a live-streamed service. Fr Pat of the Kincasslagh and Burtonport Parish in County&...
Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury officiated a marriage ceremony between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle three days before the royal wedding. In her interview with Oprah Wi...
The first black woman to become a deacon in the Church of England has spoken of her desire to serve her parish as she fights to save her job and home. Rev Yvonne Clarke, a mother-of-three who became a...
Pope Francis has called on Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Islamic extremists. The call came as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic c...
A Church of England bishop has asked whether congregational singing will be returning to church anytime soon. On Thursday, the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Bains, said in the House of Lords: "Chur...
Pope Francis has prayed for those killed in Iraq’s wars against the haunting backdrop of the ruins of four demolished churches in the northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destructio...
The first eight oak trees destined to replace the destroyed spire of Notre Dame cathedral have been selected from the Berce forest in the French Loire region, church officials said. The 96-metre spire...
The Church of England's representative in parliament has confirmed that some of the £300 million dedicated to 'Levelling-up' town centres will be going to churches and cathedrals.&nb...
In Church Commissioner's Questions this week (the opportunity MPs have to ask any question about the church in parliament), the topic of Christian persecution worldwide was raised by several MPs s...
A Christian organisation says schools should try to avoid excluding pupils when they return to classrooms on Monday in England. All pupils in England can return to the school building on Monday,...
