An Iranian Christian woman who was imprisoned after converting from Islam has been released from prison. Fatemeh Bakhteri was arrested in a raid on a house church meeting at her home in Ras...
The Diocese of Chichester has launched a new initiative aimed at lending a listening ear to people who have experienced trauma and bereavement as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. "...
A number of Christians from a heavily persecuted protestant megachurch in China have been detained after being caught engaging in an Easter worship service on Zoom. Several key me...
The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral has been halted by the coronavirus crisis a year after fire gutted its interior and toppled its spire. Some scaffolding that was erected for an earlier renovati...
Prominent US evangelist Franklin Graham has urged church leaders to heed the advice of experts and stop hosting in-person services. Graham's comments come as several congregations across the Unite...
A French Catholic priest has been fined after violating the country's lockdown rules and holding an Easter mass. Local residents were horrified when they heard music coming from the Saint-Nic...
Cardinal George Pell has linked his fight against corruption in the Vatican with his prosecution in Australia for alleged child sex abuse. Mr Pell was the third highest-ranking Vatican official in 201...
A US pastor who questioned the severity of his state's lockdown orders has died after contracting coronavirus. Bishop Gerald Glenn of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Virginia had hoste...
The office of the US Attorney General has said it will take legal action against authorities who unfairly target religious organisations during the coronavirus outbreak. Spokeswoman fo...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged people not to "let fear dominate" and said that he hoped the coronavirus crisis would encourage them to reconsider how they valued one another. Justin ...
Over 1,000 churches have now signed up to a project set up to get support to those who need it most during the coronavirus pandemic. YourNeighbour.org has been created by the Good Faith Foundation and...
Easter offers a message of hope in people's "darkest hour," Pope Francis has said, as he celebrated a late-night vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica, with the public barred because of ...
The Duke of Cambridge has praised how the Church of Scotland has "reinvented itself" in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. William was due to be at the General Assembly of the ...
A church-run project set up to help those in need during the coronavirus lockdown now has over 100 volunteers. The Church Assistance Request in an Emergency (CARE) project was set up by a group of chu...
Undertakers are reporting either flouting or naivety of new rules surrounding funerals among small, introspective religious groups, particularly among the African and African-Caribbean community in th...
A church in Bath has been given permission to stay open in order to make emergency equipment for NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Public worship gatherings have been banned under new gover...
Christians across the UK are being encouraged to join in a declaration of Jesus' death on the cross this Good Friday. A inter-denominational prayer campaign has been launched to unite the Church i...
The oldest bell at Canterbury Cathedral will toll every evening from now on in remembrance of those who have died from Covid-19, and to celebrate the heroism of frontline workers. Seventeenth-century ...
The Vatican said that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for men. The 10-member co...
Pastor and theologian Tim Keller has been speaking to Premier about what obstacles a global pandemic will cause for the church. You can watch the full interview below. Tim Keller is the founder ...
