Carl Lentz has revealed that he was sacked as pastor of Hillsong NYC because of marriage infidelity. In a lengthy Instagram post on Thursday, Lentz admitted not maintain a standard expected of a ...
The Vatican has ordered an investigation into allegations that a now-retired archbishop in Poland was negligent in investigating reports of sex abuse of minors by priests in his Gdansk archdiocese. Th...
The 90-year-old patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been taken to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, days after leading prayers at a large public funeral for the head of the chu...
The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said the ban on religious services during lockdown is "not supported" by scientific evidence, and has predicted a U-turn. Cardinal Vincent Ni...
As England heads into a second lockdown, the Archbishop of York is calling on the nation to come before God in prayer. Speaking to Premier, Most Rev Stephen Cottrell admitted that it has been "a tough...
Pastor Carl Lentz has been fired from his position as head over Hillsong Church East Coast. In a statement on Hillsong Church's website, Senior Pastor Brian Houston said his employment was termi...
The Prime Minister has been asked to recognise the importance of religious gatherings and if churches can re-open as soon as possible. Places of worship will be closed from Thursday in England for fou...
An Indonesian pastor and Bible translator had been tortured and killed at the hands of the military, according to a new report by the country's human rights commission. The commission, Komnas H...
Guidelines have been published on how local Remembrance Sunday activities can take place, ahead of tough new coronavirus restrictions for England. Only limited communal singing is permitted, events sh...
The UK’s chief scientific adviser has admitted to the Science and Technology committee that scientists working on the pandemic “haven’t got good evidence” to justify imposing the new lockdown ...
Forcing elderly veterans to stand outside on Remembrance Sunday because of a lockdown ban on communal church worship has been branded "imbecilic". Peers at Westminster highlighted steps already taken ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has joined a host of other faith leaders in calling for the government to permit public worship during the upcoming lockdown in England. The group letter, w...
Candles have been lit at York Minster as part of a Day to Remember, marking those who have died during 2020. Families were welcomed into the cathedral on Monday - All Souls' Day - to pray and to l...
The Vatican says Pope Francis's comments on same-sex civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed his belief that ga...
Royal Mail is celebrating Christmas with a series of six special stamps telling the story of the Nativity through stained-glass windows. Scenes from windows in six churches across the country, coverin...
A group of church leaders has said it will sue the government over its decision to close churches in the new lockdown set to begin on Thursday. Seventy-one church leaders have signed the pre-action ...
Senior clergy members say they were not consulted over provisions for a second national lockdown and will write to the Government to question why "certain exemptions" have not been made. The Archbisho...
US megachurch pastor Samuel Rodriguez has praised Donald Trump for valuing input for faith leaders more than the past two American presidents. Pastor Rodriguez, senior Pastor of New Season Christian...
As of Friday 30th October, one church and its supportive community has served 5,000 meals for free to people in need over the last six months. Great Lumley Methodist Church near Durham started the s...
A Greek Orthodox priest was shot on Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, police said. He has been named locally as Fr Nikolaos Kakovelakis. The priest, a Greek citiz...
