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Church goers in Ireland's County Donegal have been warned against doing yoga. Parish priest Fr Padraig O'Baoill called it "unsavoury" in a newsletter and warned Catholics not to "endanger" their soul...

The tradition of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral meeting to decide who the next Anglican leader will be dates back one thousand years. A medieval ceremony has begun the process of the Rt...

The president and four members of the governing board at the Vatican bank are to stand down as it's announced profits fell by 83.9 million euros in just one yea The loss has been put down to huge res...

Christian doctors and nurses who refuse to prescribe emergency contraception are being denied qualifications from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaeco The organisation will let medics who o...

Following the announcement by the Church of England today that it will maintain its opposition to same-sex marriage, Christians from differing sides of the deba Despite the reaffirmed stance on same-...

Elections to the European Parliament are held on Thursday and Christians are being urged to use their vote. Polls open across the UK at 7am to choose 73 MEPs to represent us in Brussels.Director of C...

A "culture change" is needed in churches across the UK if Christian fathers are to be given the support they need, according to a Christian charity. It comes after a report, published by Working Fami...

The Church of Scotland says it'll take time to decide whether it will celebrate same sex marriages. Same sex marriage is one step closer in Scotland. The Government north of the border has published ...

The Church of England could be eliminated in several rural areas in less than ten years, according to a member of the Archbishop's Council. John Spence told the General Synod yesterday that many rura...

The Chancellor's defending the government's reforms, saying one of the central ideas is to make work pay more than benefits. The Conservative Christian Fellowship is calling on the Church not to take...

The Church of England is being urged to get rid of all unethical investments. The Church of England's been encouraged to rethink its investment strategy. It comes as it's emerged it put money into a ...

Families for Peace is speaking out after 16 year-old Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on a double-decker bus on her way to school this morning. A Christian anti gun and knife crime campaign grou...

Over 60% of Britain's church leaders think it needs to be rebranded for the media age. Over 60% of Britain's Church leaders think it needs to be rebranded for the media age.But the poll carried ...

Revd Peter Walker has been writing material since a teenager and has had three collections of short verse published. The Church in Wales is hoping to raise the profile of poetry by adopting a poet. R...

The Governing Body is meeting in Lampeter today and tomorrow, trying to work out a plan which allows ordination but accommodates traditionalists. The Church in Wales is discussing whether or not to a...

Despite church attendance being in decline, cathedrals witnessed a 35% increase in a decade.  Cathedral attendances in the Church of England have grown 35% in the past decade. The number of wors...

The Church of England is defending it's decision to offer prayer on social media for the secularist scientist and writer, Prof Richard Dawkins. Leaders say a message posted on Twitter, which read: "P...

It comes after some homeowners in England received letters from the Church seeking to register the mineral rights to the earth beneath their property. The Church of England's denying it wants to prof...

Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu has been named the Bishop of Woolwich in London. The announcement comes 21 years after the consecration of the Church of England's first black bishop John Sentamu.His appointme...

The Church of England has released a progress report one year on from the release of the Elliot Review outlining how the Church is improving its response to all The Elliott Review was commissioned in...