A church in Dorchester has temporarily covered a plaque commemorating plantation owner John Gordon. St Peter´s Council decided to remove the stone in a vote last month after campaigners raised c...
A federal appeals court in the US state of California has upheld a ban on indoor worship gatherings. In a 2-1 ruling, the majority of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed that California...
Christian public policy charity CARE NI has received the support of the DUP for help to be provided to places of worship which are at risk of being attacked in Northern Ireland. This included support ...
The Vatican may have been "swindled" by pervious property investment advisors, the city-state's chief finance minister has revealed. Jesuit Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, head of...
A former BBC presenter and pastor has been jailed for 10 years and four months after he confessed to his "dark secret" as a prolific sex abuser. Benjamin Thomas, who worked on Wales Today an...
A Chinese Christian bookseller has been sentenced to seven years behind bars. Chen Yu, from the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, was charged with “illegal business operations” on ...
Churches in Exeter have united to reach out to university students under a local lockdown. Students at Exeter University are not currently permitted to meet indoors with anyone who is not in their own...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Durham have urged the government to extend free school meals in a bid to help families avoid a Christmas marked by financial hardship. Ar...
Rt Rev Paul Butler, the Bishop of Durham, and Rt Rev Christopher Foster, the Bishop of Portsmouth, and Christian charities are among the 50 signatories that have written to the Chancellor Ri...
The Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong says he was unable to secure a meeting with Pope Francis after travelling to Rome to express his concerns about the renewal of a secretive agreement between the Vatica...
A mosaic that shows St Jerome with a laptop has been unveiled in St John´s Catholic Cathedral in Portsmouth. In the artwork, the books of St Jerome blend into a computer keyboard. The combi...
Sixty-five per cent of Protestants church leaders in the United States think the Presidential election will not divide their congregation. Around 475 senior and executive pastors, weighted ...
Evangelical megachurch Hillsong has apologised after tweeting out a politically-charged message during the first US Presidental debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Bi...
A church in Wales has knitted over 400 hats for premature babies born during the coronavirus lockdown. The Knit ‘n Natter group from the parish of Merthyr Tydfil, St David and Abercanaid continu...
A pastor and his wife from a church in the US state of Texas have been killed in a horrific car accident. According to a statement released by Crossroads Church in Odessa, executive pastor Kenny ...
The Bishop of Kensington is encouraging Christians to think about the way they relate to one another, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the UK. Rev Graham Tomlin told Premier that Covi...
Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' former finance minister, will reportedly return to the Vatican for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago. ...
The Prime Minister has given his backing to a new report which has called on the government to work more closely with faith groups on solving social issues. The document titled Levelling Up Our Commun...
It's emerged that Youtube is preventing smaller churches from hosting their online services at their requested time. Known as a 'premiere', where an event is streamed at a set time, subscr...
The Church of England has decided to create a support fund for people who have come forward about suffering abuse from the Church's clergy, bishops and workers. At its meeting on 23rd September, t...
