Civil weddings and partnership ceremonies will be able to take place outdoors for the first time in England and Wales from 1st July. Under current laws for approved premises such as a hotel, the legal...
Bishops on both sides of the English Channel are calling for refugees to be treated with humanity and decency and provided a welcome rather than hostile reception. They've issued a statement res...
President Biden has attended Mass this weekend despite a vote by Catholic Bishops in the US which could see him being banned from receiving the Eucharist because of his liberal stance on abortion. Cat...
The Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need, is thanking supporters after they increased their giving enabling it to step up its response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Benefactors donated £14 mi...
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is "deeply embarrassed" by a Twitter post from a Welsh bishop, according to The Telegraph. It says the Most Reverend Justin Welby has written to the Secretary of ...
York Minster suffered a drop in income of more than £2million last year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Accounts from the Chapter of York, the Minster’s governing body, show that r...
Kingdom Bank has made a £1m loan to Dundonald Church, part of the Co-mission church planting movement, to fund a new 650-seat church in Wimbledon. The flats will be sold to private occupiers and the ...
Woking United Reformed Church has found a creative way to sing during worship despite coronavirus restrictions currently preventing congregational singing. At the beginning of the lockdown in March la...
A health minister has been challenged over why he could sing Roll Out The Barrel in a pub, but not a hymn in church under coronavirus restrictions. Tackled in Parliament, Tory frontbencher Lord Bethel...
A survey of single Christians in the UK suggests most felt their church responded well to the pandemic and would like online content to continue. The poll, done by Single Friendly Church, heard from...
Preacher and bestselling author Tim Keller has said the cancer in his body has not grown and that he is praying for it to decrease. Keller, 70, posted an update on Twitter on Sunday, saying the news...
The Bishop of London says she will continue to press the government to consider the ban on congregational singing in churches. The Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullaly, who chairs the Church of England...
The Bishop of Kensington says not enough is being done to improve safety, four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire. Many survivors and families of the bereaved claim lessons haven't been learned...
The orphaned son of an asylum seeker who has lived under the threat of deportation for 10 years has been told he can stay permanently in the UK. 13-year-old Giorgi Kakava says he is delighted and very...
US President Joe Biden has told a Catholic priest “many serious matters” were discussed at this year’s G7 summit. He and First Lady Jill Biden attended morning Mass in Cornwall on the final day ...
The Bishop of Truro and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in London, Archbishop Angaelos, have held a prayer breakfast to discuss how G7 leaders can stop state sponsored persecution of religious ...
Please note: this story is old and has now been updated - Missing Christian mission worker found safe and well ** A Christian mission worker from London City Mission has been reported missing. Tyso...
The former Cabinet minister and church music conductor willl receive honours from the Queen for their services. The Queen's birthday honours list has been announced, with a number of church mini...
Christians in Cornwall are setting the agenda as the county hosts the G7 summit over the next few days. Speaking to Premier, the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen says that the summit is a reminder th...
Edinburgh Council has apologised for cancelling a Christian conference because of the beliefs of the guest speaker, saying its venues should be "available to those of any religion or none". It has al...
