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A Conservative MP has suggested that the Prime Minister could sever ties with senior church leaders if they continue to criticise government policy. Following yesterday's open letter from a number...

The Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Rev John McDowell tells Premier´s Cara Bentley why he has signed the joint letter arguing against the Government's current Brexit Plan.  What are your main con...

Shocking footage has emerged of a man attempting to forcibly remove a large cross from the roof of an East London church. Police say they have made an arrest following the incident, which occurred...

Churches in Wales will be closing as part of a two week ‘firebreak’ to stop the spread of coronavirus. The Welsh Cabinet have decided to enforce a ‘short, sharp shock' to slow down the viru...

The Government's controversial new Brexit legislation could set "a disastrous precedent" if passed in its current form, the UK's archbishops have warned in a rare joint letter. The five senior...

Downing Street is getting backlash from church leaders and politicians who are outraged that Dr John Sentamu has not automatically received automatic lifer peerage.  It would have allowed the 71-year...

Church leaders want urgent financial support from the Government to protect church buildings. It's after a new report has highlighted the UK's increasing reliance on mainly-volunteer led servi...

The 98th Archbishop of York is set to be enthroned. Most Rev Stephen Cottrell will become the Church of England's second most senior clergyman during a service of Evensong at York Minster at 4pm o...

The bishop of Manchester has voiced his concerns over how he feels the Government is treating the north of England in regards to coronavirus restrictions.  Rt Rev David Walker has said "the urgent th...

Pope Francis has permanently removed a Polish bishop who was kicked out of his diocese a few months ago pending a Vatican investigation into allegations he covered up cases of sexual abuse by his prie...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to obey a ceasefire order after recent violence between the two nations has led to at least 600 deaths.  The countries are fightin...

With organs sitting untouched in historic churches across the country, the Diocese of Exeter has offered to teach young people how to play in the hope that it will produce a generation of passionate o...

A crematorium in South Wales that had banned mourners from saying the Lord's Prayer together, has backtracked on its decision after coronavirus rules were clarified. Funeral celebrant Alison Davie...

Work is under way to create a sculpture of a gargoyle depicting the famous annual cheese rolling competition. The 3ft tall grotesque figure is due to be installed on the roof of Gloucester Cathedral a...

A California health official has expressed concerns about a video in which a Bethel leader expressed her view that face masks are "worthless" in the fight against Covid-19. Pastor Beni Johnson's c...

The Church of England has launched a new anti-racism task force to address racial injustice within the organisation. It comes after rising concerns earlier this year about insufficient progress made t...

The Rt Rev James Langstaff has announced that he will be retiring in July next year.  Bishop James and his wife Bridget plan to return to Birmingham where he had been a priest before becoming a bisho...

The Vatican's swirling corruption investigation has taken a mysterious new twist with the arrest on an international warrant of a Sardinian woman said to be close to one of the Holy See's most...

A teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 has been beatified by the Catholic Church in Assisi, Italy. Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis has been known as the patron of the internet as he used it to spread ...

The Anglican Archbishop of South America, the Most Rev Gregory Venables, is encouraging Christians to pray for the region as five out the ten countries with most coronavirus cases globally are South A...