The balance of male and female singers in English cathedral choirs has shifted for the first time in a millennium. Boys are thought to have dominated the stage since the tradition began in the 10th ce...
A man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in the US. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, Iowa, was sentenced to 15 years for the hate cri...
A Christian charity is encouraging churches to help "release the burden of care" as figures reveal an increasing number of elderly people are acting as unpaid carers to loved ones. Analysis from Age U...
An emergency relief expert in the Middle East has warned of a second genocide of Christians in the region. Fr Andrzej Halemba, head of Middle East projects at Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), said t...
A new report has highlighted the atrocities against Christians in Nigeria over the past 12 months. The report by The Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) found that 1,000 Christians have been killed s...
Pastor of Bethel Church, Bill Johnson, has answered questions about holding prayer and worship services to resurrect a toddler. On Monday Bethel worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal asked "the global c...
The Prince of Wales has denounced the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka as an "utterly barbaric attack", as he attended a Tamil Christian church service. Charles told the congregation the terrorist...
Pope Francis has abolished the "pontifical secret" code of confidentiality used in clergy sexual abuse cases, after mounting criticism that the obligation has been used to protect paedophiles, silence...
The Church Scotland has urged for Israeli authorities to get rid of a ban that prevents Christians in the Gaza Strip from visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem for Christmas celebrations. The Church has sa...
Broadcaster Rev Richard Coles has announced the death of his partner. The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant said Rev David Coles, his civil partner who was also a priest, had been unwell for som...
Pastor Joel Osteen has opened up about his new friendship with Kanye West. In an interview on US chat show Good Morning America, the megachurch pastor shared how he and the rapper met. Osteen, who le...
Pope Francis has pressed his anti-nuclear campaign in his annual peace message. Francis said the fear of nuclear annihilation embodied by the doctrine of deterrence provides a false sense of security ...
Christmas treasures including pieces of Christ's manger were among a host of precious objects gifted to one favoured English abbey, new analysis has revealed. Expert study of a 580-year-old manusc...
The next Archbishop of York will be Stephen Cottrell, the current Bishop of Chelmsford. There had been speculation that the second most senior job in the Church of England would go to a woman bisho...
'Church of England is continuing to pursue a progressive agenda which I think it will sincerely regret,' says former Queen's chaplain as he converts to Catholicism. Dr Gavin Ashenden, a ...
Global evangelist and founder of Christ for all Nations (CfaN) Reinhard Bonnke, has died aged 79. The German Pentecostal preacher passed away "peacefully in his sleep" and "surrounded by loved ones" o...
Tom Holland, the best selling author of In the Shadow of the Sword and the recently-released Dominion has claimed that the categories of homosexuality and heterosexuality, science, as well as the high...
Songs of Praise presenter Katherine Jenkins was mugged in south west London after she intervened in a "vicious" street robbery, her agent said. The 39-year-old was on her way to a rehearsal at about 3...
Pope Francis has met the US President Barack Obama and his family as he begins the first day of his five day visit to America. The pontiff arrived in the country last night after spending time in Cuba...
Pope Francis and President Barack Obama are taking part in a ceremony at the White House to welcome the pontiff to America. Watch the event from Washington DC live here, from 2pm:
