The Diocese of Canterbury has been the victim of considerable backlash on Twitter after announcing the consecration of the new flying bishops would not be livestreamed, despite citing Lambeth Palace a...
A US megachurch has announced it will host a conference specifically for parents who have children that identify as LGBT. North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, led by Pastor Andy Stanle...
Pope Francis denounced the "poison of greed" driving conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, saying the rich world had to realise that people...
One of the largest churches in the Church of England has called the House of Bishops’ proposals to bless couples in same-sex relationships a “disturbing” and “disingenuous&rdqu...
A report by a former bishop of Liverpool has prompted a “profound apology” from police forces involved in the Hillsborough disaster. Published in 2017, the report hoped to ensure families ...
A retired vicar has been barred from licensed ministry after sharing anti-Semitic material. A church tribunal found that 69-year-old Rev Dr Stephen Sizer provoked and offended the Jewish community - s...
For the first time in census history, the average age of people who identify as a Christian in England and Wales is over 50. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals the median a...
A number of evangelical and Catholic bishops in the Church of England have released a statement announcing their commitment to the biblical view of marriage, understood to be between one man and one w...
The suspect of machete attacks on two churches in southern Spain last week has been imprisoned on remand, Spain's High Court ordered on Monday, describing his actions as a "targeted jiha...
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has revealed the cause of a fire that destroyed a historical church building in north-west London is “undetermined”. On 27th January, local residents of St Jo...
A Nicaraguan judge has found seven men – including four priests – guilty of “damaging national integrity and propagating fake news”. The verdict comes after the men were forcib...
The Christian community in Eritrea has been rocked by another wave of mass arrests. According to UK Christian persecution watchdog Release International, 44 Christians were recently detained as they w...
Pope Francis on Sunday called on Israel and the Palestinians to engage in dialogue in pursuit of peace, deploring the recent violence in the region. Speaking after the Angelus prayer in Rome, the...
A new mobile food project run by local churches has been launched in Devon. The YUM Project (You + Us = More) will run from a converted minibus, with a view to reaching people who might find it hard t...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to visit South Sudan along with Pope Francis and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland this week. Most Rev Justin Welby said the church leader...
A landmark ruling is expected within days in a row over whether a rainbow Pride flag can be occasionally displayed on the altar of a church in Leicester. The Church of England’s Consistory ...
Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where protracted conflicts have left millions of refugees and displaced people grappling with hunger....
A new poll for the National Churches Trust shows that despite a decline in the number of Christians in the UK, the public overwhelmingly supports the nation’s 39,000 churches, chapels and meetin...
Special prayers are being said for all those affected by a stabbing in Northumberland in which a 15 year old girl died and a 16 year old boy was injured. Police say the incident happened at just ...
The former Bishop of Willesden has strongly criticised the Church of England's attitude towards survivors of abuse. In a lecture for the Ecclesiastical Law Society which has been printed...
