A girl has made her priest laugh by giving him a high five as he reached his hand out to bless her. At what appears to be a traditional Catholic service celebrating first Holy Communion, the priest ho...
A pastor in Wales has said the Welsh government ordering places of worship to close to the public during lockdown is neither moral nor legal, after police interrupted and ended his Sunday evening serv...
Police interrupted and stopped a church service in Wales on Sunday evening. Places of worship have been told they aren't allowed to host public gatherings due to a lockdown from 23rd October to ...
A former deputy first minister has been named the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Lord Wallace – an elder and member of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney – ...
St Paul's Church in Clapham has hosted a special service to make amends for the racist treatment received by Rev Carmel Jones when he visited back in 1955. After arriving in London from Jamaica as...
Women's rights activists in Poland have staged protests during Sunday church services in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation against a tightening of the nation's abortion law. In the four...
Christian Charity Open Doors is calling on young people to raise awareness for persecuted Christians by giving up a much-loved pastime or possession. The sponsored event “Blackout” is launchi...
Ripon Cathedral has been showcasing an impressive installation comprising of approximately 10,000 origami angels, designed to represent support for those who have been affected by Covid-19. 'Th...
A churchwarden is bringing legal action against Turo Cathedral two years after his wife died in a tragic falling accident at the church. Jan Stuart, 66, suffered serious head injuries after plummeting...
Christian leaders have urged the Welsh Government to not close churches during the firebreak lockdown. They have written to First Minister Mark Drakeford asking him to review the measures that will ba...
Three senior members of the Church of England have warned that struggles between Westminster and local leaders in the North over coronavirus restrictions will lead to “disillusion and unrest”. Arc...
The Government has confirmed what churches can do at each level of restriction in England. On Friday, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government sent information to faith communities...
Christians in rural communities have been able to benefit from online services during the pandemic. A new study by the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter and the Arthur Rank ...
A teenage girl has admitted to planning a stabbing attack on a Black church in the US state of Georgia. Caitlyn Pye, 17, travelled to the Bethel AME Church in Gainesville on two separate occasions i...
Police have launched an investigation after a girl was subjected to a sex attack on the grounds of a church in north Edinburgh. The 17-year-old was attacked outside South Leith Parish Church, on Con...
Questions swirled on Thursday about the origins of Pope Francis' bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was never br...
An agreement between the Vatican and the Chinese government on the appointment of bishops has been officially renewed, with the Vatican insisting that it is aware of "situations of great suffering" in...
The new Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has taken his seat in the House of Lords. It marks a return to the upper chamber for the Church of England’s second most senior clergyman, who already had...
A bishop used his position in the church to commit “appalling” acts of sexual abuse against children, young people and vulnerable adults over a period of more than 15 years, a report has found. At...
Pope Francis has got a mixed reaction after he endorsed same-sex civil union in a documentary that premiered on Wednesday. His backing for legal homosexual unions comes midway through Francesco, whi...
