The Church of England will make extra funding available to help clergy and lay workers struggling with the cost of living crisis, particularly rising energy bills. The Church has announced that it wi...
A Grade-II listed church in Yorkshire - which once featured in an ITV drama - has been vandalised. The instigators left behind an 'apology' note, bearing a fake number. Although it's no ...
Christians Against Poverty says the rising cost of living is leading to more people becoming lonely and isolated. In a new report, the charity found that 60 per cent of its clients felt lonely and n...
The Church of Ireland is tackling poor mental health within its clergy. It has launched a new three-year programme for all those ordained in ministry who need support for their mental well-being. ...
The Bishop of Maidstone has encouraged churches under his pastoral care to adhere to a new set of commitments to stop a culture of abuse in conservative evangelical churches. Rt Rev Rod Thomas has rel...
The number of US pastors who have considered quitting full-time ministry has risen considerably according to new data. New research released by Barna has shown stress, isolation, and political divisio...
A new scheme by the Church of England is looking to utilise retired Christian's "lifetime of work experience", and gear them towards priesthood. Run by the Church Revitalisation Trust (CR Trust), ...
The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", cautioning the Vatican that such r...
The European Commission has proposed freezing the assets of Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a diplomat said on Wednesday. The Patriarch has been added to a draft blacklist that ...
Pope Francis has revealed that he told the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to not be "Putin's altar boy". Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has refused to condemn the invasion in Ukraine and has stoo...
A lectern worth thousands of pounds has been stolen from a church near Deal in Kent. On Monday morning at St John's Church in Kingsdown, Kent police were informed that the robbery had taken place ...
Robbie Williams has said he "does not condone" a church-based sex scene in his new biopic, which reflects on his life in the limelight. The popstar says the new biographical film shares "warts and a...
Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett has been announced as the new Bishop of Croydon in the Diocese of Southwark. Dr Mallett has replaced Rt Rev Jonathan Clark who left the diocese in March and is the first...
A congregation in Kent will be holding services in the local alehouse after selling their church. St Faith’s Church in Maidstone will be trading the pulpit for the pub as they wait for their new com...
More than 60 churches across the UK are sharing £584,000 from the National Churches Trust to help them carry out urgent repairs to help them stay open. The funding will help some of the buildings su...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised to survivors of abuse at church-run residential schools in Canada. Speaking on a visit to a school in Saskatchewan this weekend where he was meeting represe...
The new Archbishop of Wales says the challenges facing the world must be overcome with Christ's example of love, service, honesty and forgiveness. The 14th Anglican Archbishop was speaking durin...
An ancient yew tree framing a door of a church in Gloucestershire is to be dedicated to the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The tree, at St Edward's Church in Stow on the Wold is among 70 an...
A Christian charity is appealing for help to provide food and provisions for people in the Balkans and eastern Europe.  Transform Europe Network (TEN) has sent hundreds of thousands of parcels and...
The new Archbishop of Wales says he won't be surprised if same-sex weddings are allowed in churches in the country within the next five years. Most Rev Andrew John who's being enthroned at a...
