Recommendations to broaden the locations in which church-sanctioned weddings can take place have been criticised by the Church of England. In its 500-page November report, the Law...
The Duchess of Cornwall has visted a United Reformed Church in Croydon, which is being used as a centre for administering the injections. Whilst on the official visit, she said she suffered no si...
The Orthodox Church of Cyprus has called for the country's Eurovision entry to be withdrawn, citing concern over its content. The church said that the song, “El Diablo,” which translat...
When a cheeky cat first jumped on the table during online prayers at Canterbury Cathedral, staff almost hit paws on the recording. But a year later and the three mischievous felines who live at the 1,...
The Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is demanding justice for the lives lost in the 2019 Easter bombing after receiving part of the presidential commission's report into the attack which th...
Christians Against Poverty, church-based charities and Christian MPs have been sharing what they make of the Chancellor's economic plan. In Wednesday's budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced...
Intense preparations are being carried out as the Pope prepares to meet a revered Shia cleric in Iraq's holiest city. Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will seek to make history in Najaf ...
A retired vicar has said that the Church of England's decision to sell off a number of its redundant church buildings is absolutely essential as a means to provide for those wh...
171 Christians have now been released from prison in Eritrea since last August, but hundreds are reported to have been killed in the Tigray region. Tigray is a northern region of Ethiopia, borde...
A popular pastor from the US state of Georgia has died from Covid-19 at the age of 44. Rev Bryant Wardell Raines was a highly respected local activist and leader of the New Pilgrim Missionar...
A Northern Ireland pastor - who has opted to keep his church open during lockdown - has told Premier the church should never accept a Covid vaccine passport if one was introduced, Almost 240,000 peopl...
The Church of Ireland, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches across Northern Ireland have said they hope to be back in their buildings by Good Friday. In a statement, the Church of ...
The Church of England should have a louder political voice, the Archbishop of York has said. In an interview with The Observer, Stephen Cottrell, who became the Church of England's second most sen...
A youth leader has found a creative way to get youngsters reading the Bible every day. Paul Lee from a church in St Albans has created a free online Bible reading challenge called Bible Quest. The cha...
The Government minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment has applauded the role of churches in supporting the roll out of the vaccine and urged church leaders to continue to educate themselves so that the...
A church in Telford has placed a 16-foot-long former shipping container next to its building to serve as a bereavement hub. In Partnership with PRISM community bereavement services, Telford Elim Commu...
The Prime Minister and Conservative London Mayoral candidate, Shaun Bailey visited a multi-cultural church in South London this week to encourage people to take the vaccine. Mr Johnson and Mr Ba...
A church in the northernmost part of Scotland is set to be transformed into a giant skatepark after being purchased by a local businesswoman. Michele Dinger purchased St Andrew's Church ...
A member of the House of Lords has asked why choirs and church services can both operate in England, but not at the same time, especially with Easter approaching. Currently, churches can have in...
The UK Government is now allowing church leaders in England to get a coronavirus jab. The latest phase of the vaccine rollout permits all “frontline social care workers” to get inoculated,...
