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...
People in the Lichfield area will soon start going to their local cathedral to get a Covid-19 jab. Starting on 15th January, Lichfield Cathedral will be hosting a vaccine clinic. As soon as the Ph...
A church building belonging to the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in Tamboul, Gezira state was burned down last week. According to Christian persecution watchdog, CSW, sources report that a 13-yea...
It's emerged that churches in England are getting conflicting guidance on whether to open for corporate worship. When the national lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister earlier this week, t...
A gang of thieves who wreaked havoc across parish communities up and down the country by stripping the lead off local church buildings have been sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison. The four-...
A local church that is providing food parcels to those in need says it feels "disheartened" after being targeted by fly-tippers. Glasgow's Pollok Baptist Church has been serving about 80 families...
Bomb disposal officers were called in to deal with a "suspicious items" found near a Manchester church on Thursday. The items were discovered near Holy Trinity Church in Ashton-under-Lyne, with the bo...
The Archbishop of Wales will be retiring in May after four years as leader of the Church in Wales. Most Rev John Davies, 67, has also served as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon for the past 13 years. He&#...
Gatherings for religious worship are to be suspended until next month in Northern Ireland due to an "alarming" rise in Covid-19 infections. The decision was taken by leaders of the Catholic, Church of...
Christian Conservation charity, A Rocha UK, has announced the latest recipient of its Eco Church scheme's award for high environmental standards. Hereford Cathedral becomes the 1,000th church to r...
Police have raided a church service in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, discovering around 150 worshippers and charging most of them with violating coronavirus restrictions on co...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland has expressed frustration over the Scottish government's decision to issue a blanket-wide ban on church services as part of its newly-instituted na...
Members of Indonesia's anti-terrorism police squad have shot and killed two suspected militants who they believe were connected to a deadly suicide attack at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Phil...
Two more people have been arrested over their role in an illegal party held at a 500-year-old church on New Year's Eve. Hundreds of people attended a rave at All Saints' Church in East Horndon...
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia's two US Senate runoffs, becoming the first black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats' reach...
The Baptist Union has advised churches in England to stop holding in-person worship services in light of the Government's latest Covid-19 restrictions. In a statement, the union said they "strong...
An entire congregation in Stafford has been forced to self-isolate after a single church member tested positive for Covid-19. St Austin's Catholic Church was informed of the infection after holdi...
Police in Washington DC have arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic black church in downtown Washington last mo...
Church leaders have welcomed permission for communal worship under England's new lockdown, but some have urged people to take "tremendous care" and advised those shielding to stay at home. Accordi...
Greece's powerful Orthodox Church is rebelling against a government order to briefly close places of worship under a week-long drive to tighten virus restrictions before the planned reopening of s...
