A Church of England working party is to consider whether the Seal of the Confessional, which maintains confidential disclosures made to a priest during sacramental confession, should be amended, uphel...
The Church of England has released a new report on the well-being of its clergy. The report found the well-being of the clergy has declined since 2019, with lockdowns aggravating pre-existing pressure...
NHS workers are turning to hospital chaplains to support them as they struggle with the impact of staff shortages, Winter illnesses and the cost of living crisis. The mental health charity Doctor...
A former Premier League footballer who was found guilty of causing a London church and others to lose at total of £15m has been sentenced to seven and half years in prison. Last month, ex-Charlt...
Colourful images and sounds will be filling Birmingham Cathedral for three days to tell the story of its stained glass windows. A light show produced by Luxmuralis, will share the historic detail...
The Catholic Church in Scotland is calling on people to prioritise giving to the church over things like Netflix subscriptions and football matches. It comes as the church says it's facing a perfe...
A Scottish bishop has appealed to Amazon to reconsider its plan to close down a local warehouse, which could result in job losses. Last week, the online retail giant said it opened a consultation to c...
Pope Francis on Wednesday praised late Australian Cardinal George Pell for persevering in trying times, a reference to when he spent more than a year in prison on child sexual abuse accusati...
The Bishop of Worcester has written an open letter to his diocese detailing why he thinks same-sex unions should be celebrated by the Church. It comes after a number Church of England bishops declared...
The appointment of the new Bishop of Blackburn has been met with some controversy within the Church due to his views on female ordination, with some groups calling it "deplorable". Rt R...
A prominent Catholic bishop in Nicaragua who has sharply criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega will go to trial while under house arrest, a judge ruled on Tuesday, in the latest clamp down ...
Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of sexual abuse allegations, died on Tuesday at the age of 81, his...
Downing Street has announced Rt Rev Philip North as the next Bishop of Blackburn. He will succeed Rt Rev Julian Henderson following his retirement last year. Rev Philip, who has been the bishop of Bur...
Police have dropped charges against Symon Hill, a left-wing Christian author and activist who made anti-monarchist comments during King Charles’ proclamation in Oxford. According to Hill, he onl...
The Church of England’s investment body has announced new funding to compensate for its slavery links. In an effort to “address past wrongs,” the Church Commissioners' Board will...
Pope Francis on Monday privately met Archbishop Georg Ganswein, former Pope Benedict's closest aide, who has rattled the Vatican with a book describing what he says were the strains...
A married priest, who admitted to "inappropriate conduct" with a female parishioner, has been excluded from ministry for five years. Rev Peter Lambert, a self-supporting Church of Engla...
Ukrainian families living in Devon held a special Christmas service at a church near Tavistock this weekend. The church of St Michael de Rupe in Brentor has significance for the local Ukrainian commun...
A prominent Christian lawyer is warning that a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Scotland would be unlawful. Aiden O’Neill QC – who represented Ashers Bakery during the infamous gay ca...
Pope Benedict has been laid to rest, with his funeral led by a successor for the first time in more than 200 years. Pope Francis led the funeral of the former pope, tenderly touching the coffin a...
