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...
A huge fire has destroyed a heritage-listed church in north-west London. Eighty firefighters responded to St Mark's Church in St John's Wood late Thursday night, taking three hours to get the ...
Bishops in the Church of England are being urged to reconsider proposals to allow services of thanksgiving and dedication for same-sex couples. In an open letter, the Evangelical Alliance has called o...
A senior Anglican bishop has lamented about the inconveniences he claims Brexit has caused for getting UK priests to work in the European Union. Rt Rev Robert Innes, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe said...
Lisbon's mayor has been sharply criticised on Portuguese social media after it was revealed his office would spend over £4.4m (5 million euros) to build an altar for Pope Francis t...
Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible "terrorist" incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern po...
Churches in Scotland are calling on the government to re-write new land registry plans. As part of its land reform program, the Scottish government has introduced legislation to increase the transpare...
A Catholic speaker has been sharing his thoughts on the Pope's recent comments about the act of homosexuality. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis stated that the practis...
The Church of England has awarded £4.2m to target key churches in Bradford. The money will go towards at least ten churches within the Bradford Episcopal Area, including urban pockets descr...
