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...
1400 church leaders have written to the Prime Minister and the Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch calling on them to drop plans to ban conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is the controversial p...
A councillor in Southampton has suggested a new church avoid serving hot food in their foodbank so not to attract homeless people. The new place of worship is being opened in a disused bingo hall in S...
A review of the management at Truro Cathedral has raised “serious concerns” about an “unhealthy culture” within the place of worship. The report, commissioned by Bishop of Trur...
An abuse survivor says they contemplated suicide after the new director of the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team (NST) claimed he and his staff had been bullied and harassed by surv...
The suspect in a machete attack on two churches in southern Spain in which one clergyman was killed and another seriously injured is a 25-year-old Moroccan man who was due to be deported from the...
Broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has aired her frustrations about the Church of England’s stance on same-sex marriage with the Archbishop of Canterbury. The two met for tea this week after Toksvig...
