A project led by a church in Wishaw has been celebrated for its “brilliant work” in helping people overcome addiction. UK Government Minister for Scotland, Kirsty McNeill, hailed the work New Life...
Rev Catherine Cowie is set to become the first female rector of Beaulieu Abbey Church in Hampshire. She will be inducted on 25 September, becoming the church’s 51st incumbent in its 495-year histor...
The Bishop of Gloucester has called for the criminal justice system to be more creative when handing down sentences. Rt Rev Rachel Treweek was speaking in the light of the recent disorder in England a...
A recent study suggests that 11 per cent of Protestants can't distinguish between Old, New Testaments. More than one in 10 Protestant churchgoers mistakenly cited New Testament stories when ask...
Gloucester Cathedral has launched a new initiative to acknowledge its historical links to slavery. QR codes will be added to monuments throughout the cathedral, providing information about their conne...
The Church of England’s property arm has won planning permission to build 315 new homes on the outskirts of Falmouth, Cornwall amid a shortage of affordable housing in the area. Approval for the 13....
A vicar in Kent has expressed his sense of shock after learning two regular attendees of his church are missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. The Bayesian yacht was carrying 22 people wh...
A recent poll has found over 50 per cent of the British public support legalising assisted dying but believe there are too many “complicating factors” for it to be safely implemented in the UK. Th...
Tributes are pouring in for a church leader who lost her life in a triple stabbing in Manchester. Alberta Obinim, 43, was killed in the attack at her family's home in the Gorton area on Sunday 18...
The Church of England has described as "nonsense" reports that it has plans to drop the word ‘church’. It was responding to an independent report by the Centre for Church Planting Theology and R...
The Bishop of Blackburn has called for urgent reform of the way clergy are vetted, in the wake of scandal surrounding Blackburn Canon Andrew Hindley. Rev Philip North said the Church of England is “...
Five men were arrested on Saturday 18th August following a disturbance at the Church of the Irish Martyrs in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The men are scheduled to appear before a judge at a special s...
Worcester Cathedral is searching for its former choir members to mark 150 years of its voluntary choir. Affectionately known as ‘Vollers’, both children and adult volunteer choristers have worn t...
A doctor who exposed abuses under the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) has said that end-of-life care guidance from the Vatican is “lethally flawed”, according to the Catholic Herald. Rev. Dr Patrick ...
Two churches in Kent are opening at the same time, for the first time since the Black Death. Dode and Paddlesworth in the North Downs were thriving neighbouring settlements until the plague struck in ...
Reverend Suzan Williams has been appointed to lead ministry in the parishes of Bridgnorth and Morville. Her ministry will be part of the Diocese of Hereford, covering Acton Round, Astley Abbotts, As...
From September, churches raising money to reduce carbon emissions will be able to double their funds to do so, under a CofE matched funding scheme. ‘Give to Go Green’ was piloted in the dioceses o...
A former gym in Lancashire will be swapping warm-ups for worship, as a planning application has been submitted to renovate it into an evangelical church. An application to transform the former ladies�...
Police in Ireland are investigating whether an attack on an army chaplain in County Galway was linked to terrorism. Fr Paul Murphy, was stabbed outside Renmore Army Barracks at about 10.45pm on Thursd...
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sanchez have met with the Pope whilst holidaying in Italy. Sanchez, 54, wrote on Instagram: “It was an honor for Jeff and me to spend time wi...