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Pope Francis has dismissed reports that he plans to resign in the near future, saying he is on track to visit Canada this month and hopes to be able to go to Moscow and Kyiv as soon as possible after ...

Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland have apologised to Christians in South Sudan, saying their “disappointed” the...

A former Catholic priest has been awarded almost half a million pounds after being sexually abused by a senior cleric as a teenager. The abuse took place at a residential school in Scotland during the...

A Christian school in Oxfordshire has become embroiled in a row after displaying rainbow LGBT flags on a lectern.  Kingham Hill School in Chipping Norton received a complaint from a parent accusi...

More than 500 delegates from around the world are set to attend a major conference on the Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in London next week.   It's the first International Ministerial ...

Pope Francis implicitly accused Russia on Thursday of "armed conquest, expansionism and imperialism" in Ukraine, calling the conflict a "cruel and senseless war of aggression". The...

The local council in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday became the first to ban a branch of the Orthodox Church that was until last month directly affiliated with Moscow. According to...

A leading bishop in Nigeria has said the killing of two priests last weekend has traumatised the church community.  Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Archbishop Matthe...

Police in North Yorkshire are appealing for witnesses after a supposed arson attack on a church. The cross was left scorched and burned after being set on fire by the vandals.  The incident occur...

The head of the Archbishops' Commission for Racial Justice has strongly criticised the Church of England for not delivering on commitments made to tackle institutional racism.  In his forewor...

As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades, the Archbishop of Columbo has put the blame on the country's president and politicians. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith fears there will be more p...

The new Bishop of Salisbury gave away £10,000 during his welcome service. Rt Revd Stephen Lake who was recently appointed gave each person in attendance £10 last Sunday. Using the parable ...

The first ever National Church Awards to celebrate churches and the people who look after them are now open for entries. It's organised by the National Churches Trust and is open to any church, ch...

From now on Christians who want to be baptised or confirmed in the Anglican diocese of Oxford will be asked to commit to tackling climate change. Specifically, they'll be asked to "strive to ...

A UK Baptist minister has said that any move by the Baptist Union of Great Britain to allow ministers to marry their same-sex partner would lead to the “dissolving” of the denominatio...

The Church of England has clarified remarks made by the Bishop of Leeds over Ukraine giving up territory to get a ceasefire. In a discussion paper on Ukraine written for next month’s meeting of ...

A Midlothian church is facing eviction after receiving noise complaints from residents living nearby.  Salem International Christian Centre has a number of bases across the UK and Europe, in...

A Christian trade union representative is urging Church leaders to step in to help resolve industrial disputes which look likely to cause misery for millions of people this summer. It comes as the RMT...

The bodies of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide shot dead this week in a gang-ravaged area of northern Mexico were found on Wednesday after a major search, authorities said. The three were...

The Baptist Union of Great Britain has revealed it is "reflecting on a request" to change its rules around same sex marriage for its accredited ministers. In a communication with its ch...