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Churches in Pakistan have stepped up security following the Taliban's return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan.  Senior clergy in the Protestant and Catholic Church have agreed to tighten ...

Ricky Texada, the senior pastor of a multisite megachurch in the Dallas, Texas area, died on Monday after struggling for several weeks with the virus.  Texada's church, Covenant Church posted...

A Catholic priest appointed by his diocese as a chaplain for Nottingham University has been denied recognition by the University due to his use of language in tweets about assisted dying and abortion....

Some Scottish Catholics are accusing the government at Holyrood of diminishing democracy following its recent consultation on whether home abortions, brought in during the pandemic, should be made per...

An inquiry into current child protection policies in religious institutions, such as Baptist, Methodist, Afro-Caribbean Churches and other non-conformist churches, as well as other religions, has foun...

A well-dressed thief has been caught on CCTV attempting to steal money from a church donations box.  The man was captured entering St Anne's Church in Soho just gone eight o'clock in...

Four people have devoted their lives to God...on an allotment in Lancashire. The baptisms, of three children and an adult, in the presence of the Bishop of Lancaster, Rt Rev Dr Jill Duff, were the fir...

Christians are being encouraged to come together for a National Hour of Prayer for Afghanistan this evening. It begins at 7pm and has been organised by Jane Dodds who is a Christian member of the Wels...

The author of a report detailing bullying accusations against a Scottish bishop is calling for their findings to be published.  A cohort of priests and church employees have claimed that the Righ...

Popular pastor John MacArthur and his church could receive a significant settlement from local authorities after consistently defying COVID-19-related orders. In recent years, John MacArthur and his c...

A Catholic bishop has warned congregants within the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India to be vigilant of telephone scammers seeking to trap Christian women and girls within their community. Bishop ...

The Church of England has launched a ground-breaking project to digitally map every grave and feature in every churchyard in the country in order to provide a free online resource to the public. The n...

A Church of England vicar is embarking on a quirky community fundraising project that he hopes will raise thousands to support a vocational training centre for people with disabilities.  Reverend...

A church in Weaverham, Cheshire, has created a ‘Covid Corner’, a space to reflect on the positive and negative experiences of the coronavirus lockdown. St Mary’s Church hopes to enco...

Christian climate campaigners took over St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday to protest against the Church of England’s investments in fossil fuels. Protesters, which included members of clergy, ...

A Bangladeshi Christian teacher is in hospital with multiple injuries following an attack by his relatives.     Shamim, 30, is a Christian convert from Islam and was running adult literacy c...

Clergy in the Church of England from a UK minority ethnic background can now join others in a group that aims to encourage each other's vocation and support them.  The group has been set...

Israel's top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and have asked for a clarification. In a le...

The Church of England has responded to a Coroner's report on a vicar's suicide and apologised for its role in the pressures leading to his death.  After more than a year of being investig...

A retired minister is marking his 80th birthday by walking 80 miles to raise money for charity. Reverend Charles New will be following the Wirral Way from West Kirby to Hooton over the course of eight...