A Catholic priest from West London has received a suspended prison sentence for stealing from his church’s donation plates. Fr Fortunato Pantisano, 44, was caught on CCTV at Perpetual Help Catholic ...
The Bishop of Bristol, the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, has refused to grant Permission to Officiate (PTO) to a retired priest, facing trial for criminal damage during a climate protest. PTO is the authori...
The UK government has announced that "buffer zones" will come into effect outside abortion clinics across England and Wales from 31st October. However, silent prayer has not been specifically listed a...
British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor is facing trial this week for silently praying within a legally designated 'buffer zone' near an abortion clinic. These zones are intended to prevent be...
Tributes have poured in for Christian author and comedian Steve Legg, who has passed away at the age of 57. His wife Bekah shared the heartbreaking news in a moving Facebook post, expressing her grat...
Over £7.7million has been paid out to victims of abuse within the Jesus Army (JA) - a now-defunct religious cult, following the Redress Scheme’s final report, which highlights “widespread and sys...
The Pope has declined an invitation to preside over the first Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral’s reopening in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron extended the invitation for the December 8 ceremony, but P...
The head of the French bishops’ council has said that a number of bishops knew about Abbé Pierre’s alleged abusive behaviour towards women before his death in 2007. Allegations of historic sexu...
Pope Francis has been accused of religious pluralism after telling an interfaith youth gathering in Singapore that “all religions are a path to God.” On his final leg of his 12-day South Asia tour...
A vicar associated with a breakaway Anglican denomination, the Free Church of England (FCE), has been sacked following controversial comments made on his YouTube channel. Rev Brett Murphy, known for ...
The bells of St Wendreda’s church have not rung for almost two years after a piece of metal fell to the spire floor in 2023. Now, its vicar fears that the church, famous for its ‘heavenly host’...
The Church of the Good Shepherd is a brutalist church nestled in Batheaston, Somerset. Constructed in 1967, the building has been unoccupied since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and could be re...
The Bishop of Leeds has said a city in war-torn Sudan felt safer than London. Whilst speaking on Sudan in the House of Lords, the Rt Rev Nick Baines said: “Failure to address the catastrophe [in Su...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said “it is impossible” for a Christian to “represent” the Liberal Democrats, after the party published its defence for removing Christian c...
A new bishop has been appointed in the Church of England. The Venerable Rhiannon King, who is currently the Archdeacon of Ipswich, is now the bishop-designate of Southampton following an announcemen...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has met and prayed with Palestinian Christians, in a significant meeting at Lambeth Palace on Tuesday, 10th September. Human rights lawyer, Dalia Qumsieh, and campaigne...
Evangelical Christian and Holy Trinity Brompton member Sir Paul Marshall says he is "delighted" to have bought the world’s oldest current affairs magazine, The Spectator, for £100 million. The hedg...
Former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal has been appointed as the new independent chair of the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Panel (NSP). Mr Afzal is a practising Muslim, known for his...
A recent UN report has revealed "harrowing" evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023. The ongoing violence between the Sudan Armed Forc...
Fresh accusations of historic sexual assault have been made against late French Catholic priest and Emmaus founder, Abbé Pierre. In July, allegations of sexual assault towards seven women were made p...
