A group of senior church leaders in Ireland have issued a joint statement, calling on the government to deliver more practical support as people face the cost of living crisis. They said there needs t...
A funeral for Archie Battersbee is due to be held in the church where he persistently asked to be baptised. The 12-year-old was at the centre of a human rights dispute over the right to live after b...
A Church of Scotland member has won a hymn writing competition organised by the World Council of Churches. Lynsey Martin Kimmitt's composition is based on the words of Jesus "Peace be with you". I...
The Archbishop of Wales has said there is no place for discrimination in society, in his message of support for Pride Cymru this weekend. Most Rev Andrew John said the Church in Wales fully supports L...
Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, who backs the war in Ukraine, will not meet when both men attend a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan next month, RIA news agency c...
It's been announced renowned Eastern Orthodox theologian and bishop Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia has died. According to the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, he passed away ...
Former Barbados High Commissioner to the UK and leading figure in the campaign to highlight the impact of the Windrush scandal, Rev Guy Hewitt, has been appointed as the Church of England's first ...
A church in Shrewsbury has been given a £246,883 grant to conserve the church's "renowned" stained glass. The National Lottery Heritage Fund will finance the conservation of St Mary's 12 st...
Hillsong's interim lead pastor, Phil Dooley, has confirmed the church has been sued by a staff member. "This case involves employment issues, however, it includes various allegations that pertai...
An unholy row has been brewing in the Cornish town of St Austell after a statue called the Earth Goddess was put up in the town centre. It's nearly 12 metres tall and brightly coloured, but it&#...
Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria's oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road trave...
The Bishop of Burnley says he fears a "Winter of destitution" unless action is taken to mitigate the effects of the energy price cap increase. The new price cap is due to be announced on Friday and ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has described the Lambeth Conference as “a success” as he shared his reflections on the once-in-a-decade event. Writing in the Church Times, Most Rev Justin Welby said...
Christians are being urged to pray for rail workers as more strikes cause travel disruptions. RMT strikes are causing difficulties across the country, and tube strikes are causing a strain on travel a...
Churches are protesting after sewage spilled into the UK waterways following a weekend of thunderstorms. One cathedral, on the banks of the Wye, has launched a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, aboa...
The Church of England's lead Bishop for Safeguarding says the church still has "much more work to do to get safeguarding right." Rt Rev Jonathan Gibbs was speaking after the Independent Inquiry in...
Pope Francis has decided there is not sufficient evidence to open a Church investigation into Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations of sexual assault, the Vatican said in a statement on Thur...
Bristol Cathedral is hoping to shed light into its links with the slave trade. All God's Children, is an exhibition to help congregants and visitors better understand the church's links wit...
An MP has admitted to "culpably and recklessly" exposing the public to risk of Covid-19 infection. MP Margaret Ferrier was in the court this week after she travelled on a train between Scotland and Lo...
Just weeks after she stormed the boards at the Commonwealth Games, 17-year-old Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix has been named European Champion. Daughter of famous restauranteur Fred Sirieix, the teenager i...
