The Turkish foreign ministry has criticised comments made by the head of the Greek Orthodox Church as being insulting to the Islamic faith. During a TV interview at the weekend, Ieronymos II, the ...
An RAF veteran was among hundreds of people aged over 80 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Salisbury Cathedral. Former flight sergeant Louis Godwin, 95, gave a thumbs-up after being vaccinated in the...
The Church of England has said more than half of its 14,000 parishes have closed for communal Sunday worship. Speaking to the BBC, the Church said some of its clergy are shielding, and all parishes ar...
The Church of Scotland has said it doesn't think threatening legal action against the Scottish Government, if places of worship cannot reopen, is the right course to take when "the country is unde...
A group of church leaders in Scotland has sent a letter to the Scottish Government calling on it to reverse lockdown rules which mean that churches have to be closed for corporate worship. The 30 chur...
It’s been revealed that a pastor from Delaware and long-time friend of President-elect Joe Biden has been chosen to give the benediction during his inauguration ceremony next week. Rev Dr Silvester ...
A Covid-19 vaccination service has begun administering jabs at Lichfield Cathedral after being set up along its medieval nave. Britain’s oldest three-spired cathedral, in Staffordshire, was dubbed �...
A new database which will contain the name and ministerial authority of every clergy member in the Church of England is set to go live in May. All 20,000 clerics active in the denomination have unti...
The Bishop of Lewes has sent a message to all Church of England parishes across East Sussex ordering them to close their doors in a bid to help slow the spread of Covid-19. Rev William Hazlewood is...
Tributes are being paid to Bishop Vicent Logan, Emeritus (retired) Bishop of Dunkeld, who has died at the age of 79 after contracting coronavirus. His death comes just a day after the Archbishop of ...
The Church of Scotland has backed a statement from faith leaders encouraging people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Rev Dr George Whyte, Principal Clerk of the General Assembly, said it was essenti...
The Archbishop of Glasgow, Most Rev Philip Tartaglia, has died at the age of 70. He passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday. According to the Archdiocese of Glasgow, Archbishop Tartaglia had tes...
Church leaders from several different denominations across Scotland have called on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to reconsider the decision to place a blanket ban on in-person worship. In an open l...
A senior leader at charismatic church Bethel has reposted a video apologising for wrongly prophesying that Donald Trump would win a second term in the White House. Kris Vallotton took his retraction ...
Scores of Cathedrals across England have chosen to shutter their doors in the wake of a spike in Covid-19 cases. The Association of English Cathedrals says that the decisions to suspend in-person pu...
A new platform aiming to support innovative approaches to evangelism has been launched. 'JustSow' seeks to identify projects, people and organisations who have creative and potentially high...
The Russian Orthodox Church, known for its traditional worship style, is taking a new approach to reaching millennials - by designing a cool new coffee shop. Moscow's Church of Saint Antipas, w...
The area outside the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster has been renamed from Broad Sanctuary Green to United Nations Green to commemorate the first UN general assembly meeting held at the venue in...
A pastor in Belfast's keeping his church doors open even though leaders of the main denominations in Northern Ireland have suspended communal religious worship until next month. The decision to st...
The UK Government has restated that churches in England are not mandated to stop gathering during lockdown, after many churches have been asked by local councils to do. A spokesperson for the Ministry...
