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Three Anglican bishops have spoken about their personal disapproval of a statement released by the House of Bishops last week. The bishops of Gloucester, Worcester and Reading have said they are upset...

The 93 year old great-grandfather of eight is to end his ministry in March, having started at the age of 30. Rev Jim Cocke is the vicar at All Saints' Church in Headington in Oxford as has been th...

Pope Francis has chosen a Uruguayan priest who has worked with street children to be one of his two personal secretaries. The Vatican said on Sunday that Francis has known Father Gonzalo Aemilius sinc...

Members of the Anglican Church are inviting people to sign a letter to Archbishops stating that the Church of England has become a "laughing stock" following its recent comments on civil partnerships....

The Muslim lawyer who saved a condemned Christian woman from execution in Pakistan is visiting the UK to highlight the challenges faced by religious minorities there and those who represent them. Saif...

A clergyman has said the idea of institutional racism in the Church of England should be investigated.   “Some say the church is institutionally racist, some say it isn't. Might an independent ...

The NFL’s New Orleans Saints are taking legal action to conceal hundreds of emails allegedly showing team executives helping the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese contain the fall-out from a burge...

The Church of England's governing body, General Synod, will soon consider a major new proposal to reach 'net zero' CO2 emissions. The Church is planning to have ambitious year-on-year redu...

The House of Bishops says church teaching on marriage means sex should only be for a man and a woman within a marriage and not a civil partnership.   In 2019, the law changed to allow people of the o...

A vicar in Stafford has been left infuriated after a big pile of rubbish was dumped in front of her church.  Rev Elaine Evans of St Bertelin's Church told Premier she found out about it on Wedne...

The French army general in charge of rebuilding fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris says renovation work will begin in earnest later this year. General Jean-Louis Georgelin told a French parlia...

An indoor crazy golf course set to feature a 'red-light district' themed hole has been granted an alcohol license despite opposition from a nearby church. Redeemed Christian Church of God obje...

A Christian writer has said "God would not be welcome" at a church in the United States that has asked its elderly members to move on. The Grove United Methodist Church in Minnesota has asked it's...

Three bishops in the diocese of Blackburn will take to the stage as actors as they've been cast in a new play. Rt Rev. Julian Henderson, the Bishop of Blackburn, Rt Rev. Philip North, Bishop of Bu...

Julius Kim will take over from Don Carson as the President of the group on 1st February.  The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is a group of pastors, elders and theologians who produce articles and resources f...

Police officers and firefighters were called to a church in Lincolnshire on Sunday after a 150-year old church tower collapsed.   The tower of St John the Baptist Church in High Toynton fell down sud...

The Vatican has ordered an investigation of a sexual abuse allegation against Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who was previously named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to cler...

A church leader has been brought back to life after receiving prayer when his heart stopped for fifteen minutes. Rev Chris Wickland stopped breathing after he collapsed at a trampoline park he was att...

South African police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a Belgian priest in a village west of Johannesburg. Authorities in South Africa have arrested a 23-year-old man in connect...

Parish boundary maps across Wales are going digital for the first time in a major project aimed at improving the way churches serve their communities. The Church in Wales is investing in the project t...