A church in Shipley is offering a unique blend of WWE-style wrestling alongside prayer and worship in an innovative effort to draw in new members. St Peter’s Church now hosts Kingdom Wrestling, a Ch...
The Abbot of Caldey Abbey, a remote Welsh island monastery, has issued an apology following an independent review into historical child sex abuse by a late monk. Father Jan Rossey apologised for the "...
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool has officially declared the healing of a paraplegic sailor as a miracle. John (Jack) Traynor from Liverpool returned home walking after being cured of epilep...
A Syrian priest has told Premier he hopes for a new constitution in his country, after rebel forces seized control of Damascus. Rev Dr Nadim Nassar was the first Syrian Church of England priest. He fo...
The Bishop of London, Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, believes streaming services are taking away the “moments of togetherness” that TV once brought to families. Writing in the Radio Times, she hig...
The Diocese of Rochester has passed a vote of no confidence in the Archbishops’ Council, in wake of scandals around safeguarding. The Archbishops’ Council became responsible for safeguarding in Ap...
The Bishop of Oxford has called for smartphone-free schools, as part of a debate on the impact of smart devices on young people. Speaking in the House of Lords last week, Dr Steven Croft said that his...
A procession of hundreds of people holding candles walked through the streets of Paris to bring a famed statue of the Virgin Mary and child back to Notre-Dame Cathedral on Friday, five years after i...
A church in Scotland is celebrating Christmas with an unusual advent calendar. New Kilpatrick Parish Church in Bearsden has lined up cans of Irn Bru to create an interactive window display. Each day, ...
Storm Darragh has ripped the roof off a church in Wales. Pentre Chapel, in the village of Mochdre near Powys, had its roof destroyed on Saturday morning after a red weather alert was put in place for ...
The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign of openness by the global Church tow...
Pope Francis led a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday to install 21 new Catholic cardinals with a large bruise on his chin, which the Vatican said was the result of a minor fall the pre...
A speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury has been slammed as "utterly insensitive" by the Church of England’s lead bishops for safeguarding. Premier Christian News has learned that following Most R...
A survivor of church abuse has publicly called for the resignation of the Archbishop of York. Matthew Ineson, who was raped by Vicar Trevor Devamanikkam in Bradford during the 1980s, has criticised t...
Three churches in Colchester have taken on a divine challenge this advent, crafting over one hundred and fifty angels as invites to their Christmas services. Members of the Well methodist Church, Ark ...
A victim of John Smyth’s abuse says if the Archbishop of Canterbury had apologised to him seven years ago, he would have been able to forgive him and move on with his life. Last month a report into ...
2024 has been a year of politics, Olympics and truth coming to light. Here are the Christian stories which got us talking the most. 1. Pastor’s eerie Trump prophecy In a video from US Pastor Steve ...
As we take a look back on 2024, it's clear that faith and joy have been shining through in unexpected and heartwarming ways. From powerful moments of worship at the Olympics, to inspiring acts of ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury won't be taking part in any public Advent or Christmas services this year, despite remaining in his role until January. Most Rev Justin Welby will spend the festive se...
Attendance at Church of England Christmas services leapt by 20 per cent last year, according to new annual figures. The number of worshippers at Easter was up 8.6 per cent, with 938,000 attending ser...
