Starting a new job can be difficult at the best of times, let alone starting during lockdown. So spare a thought for Rev Dr John Bradbury who this week took up his role as the new general secretary of...
The soon-to-retire Archbishop of York will reflect on his life, including his early days in Uganda under dictator Idi Amin, in a special service to be broadcast nationwide. The broadcast, across the B...
The lead pastor of Hillsong Church London has said he's sorry for not using last Sunday's church service to address the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer...
Boris Johnson has expressed concern over reopening churches too soon and risking a rise in infections, after an MP asked when places of worship would be allowed to open their doors. Tory MP for Loughb...
As the protests campaigning for justice over George Floyd's death grow in the UK, churches have been responding to his death and the ongoing problem of racism. George Floyd died in Minneapol...
As the Chinese authorities begin to ease the coronavirus restrictions, the government crackdown on Christians only continues to worsen. According to human rights organisation Bitter Winter,...
Fans of a “disappearing cat” are being asked to donate to its cathedral home where tumbling revenues have put jobs at risk. Mischievous feline Leo gained worldwide fame last week after foo...
The Methodist Church has sold stocks which it deemed ecologically unsustainable despite the possibility of their prise rising in the coming months. Concerned by the green implications of hol...
The Bishop of Chichester has urged MPs to do more in lobbying for the reopening of churches in his diocese. In a letter addressed to MPs from his area, Rt Rev Martin Warner said he hoped the pol...
A US bishop has sharply criticised US president Donald Trump for staging a visit to the historic St John's Church across from the White House, where he held up a bible after authorities had cleare...
People who translate the Bible into languages spoken in small marginalised commmunities have turned their attention to translating health warnings around Covid-19. Wycliffe Bible Translators, wh...
Worshippers feel “disappointment and hurt” at not being able to visit places of worship, despite some shops being allowed to open to the public, a bishop has said. As of Monday, car showro...
An opinion poll has revealed half of UK adults agree that churches should be allowed to open earlier than July as long as they can maintain social distancing. Churches are currently not expected to op...
Dozens of Catholic parishioners in West Belfast have been blessed with holy water at their doorsteps during lockdown. A priest at the city's oldest Catholic church, St Mary's, visited res...
Pope Francis has advised against pessimism as many people emerge from coronavirus lockdowns to a new way of living. During Mass in St Peter's Basilica to mark Pentecost Sunday, Francis noted a ten...
A UK bishop has criticised the US Government for its response to protests that have swept the country following the death of an unarmed black man. Thousands of people took to the streets for a sixth d...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey has suggested that bishops who have publically spoken out against the actions of Dominic Cummings are doing a 'disservice to the church'. Last wee...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the latest in a stream of Christian leaders calling for the re-opening of churches in the UK. The Archbishop of Westminster has questioned why places of worship have not be...
A Church of Scotland minister conducted an online 'promise ceremony' for a couple who were forced to cancel their Highland cathedral wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic. Very Rev Dr Susan ...
A group of Christian leaders and Bishops from across the UK are urging the Government to re-open churches, arguing that their forced closure interferes with religious freedom. A letter signed by a num...
