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With the start of the school year about to begin and the cost-of-living crisis putting pressure on families’ finances, churches and communities in the Diocese of Llandaff have set up projects to...

A Christian advocacy group is concerned that the new Prime Minister may let assurances surrounding gambling reforms slip down the agenda - or drop them entirely.  In 2019, the Government promised...

A leading trade union has said volunteer Church litter collectors are 'undermining' strike action.  In Northern Ireland, bin workers in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council area have b...

Blackburn Cathedral’s Crypt, which became one of the first mass vaccination sites in the country, will close this weekend after delivering almost 200,000 Covid-19 jabs. The Dean of Blackburn, th...

Rocketing energy bills and a shortage of priests have driven a Dutch Roman Catholic Diocese to cut down on religious services in some churches. The southern Diocese of Roermond, which oversee rou...

A memorial service has been held for Olivia Pratt-Korbel, a nine-year old killed in Merseyside after a gunman burst into her home. Her mother, Cheryl, was in attendance. She had initially opened the d...

The local community is still reeling from the death of nine-year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, after she was shot as a gunman invaded her home.  The auxiliary Rt Rev Tom Williams, Bishop of ...

A church in Dorchester is rejoicing as a historic plaque celebrating a slave trader, and using offensive language, is set to be removed. The plaque commemorates the life of plantation owner John Gordo...

An American Catholic nun, Suellen Tennyson, who was kidnapped by armed men in northern Burkina Faso in April has been freed, said Theophile Nare, the bishop of the local diocese of Kaya on W...

A leading clergyman from Burkina Faso has decried terrorist activities in the country, including deadly attacks on Christians, rigid dress codes and orders requiring everyone to attend prayers at mosq...

Every section of Nigerian society is complicit in the theft of millions of barrels, the head of state oil company NNPC Ltd said on Tuesday, adding that make-shift pipelines and stolen fuel had even be...

A priest serving at the local church of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, a 9-year-old shot in her own home in Merseyside, has dedicated an emotional Mass to the life of the young girl. Olivia was at home with her...

There are concerns that heating costs in some churches in low-income communities could lead to some of the buildings becoming unviable.  A new study being carried out by Dave Champness, the Natio...

Thousands Christian opponents of a European gay Pride event to be hosted by Belgrade protested through the Serbian capital on Sunday, even though the government has said it would scrap or delay the Pr...

The Church in Wales has said the cost of living crisis is having a direct impact on its foodbanks in South Wales. It said in addition to more people needing foodbanks, the crisis is made worse as dona...

A bishop in Ukraine has condemned the shelling of schools, hospitals and other non-military targets by Russian forces. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the situation ...

Pope Francis, who has often said he may step down in the future if bad health impedes him from leading the Catholic Church, on Sunday praised the humility of one of the few popes in history to re...

 Following three fatal shootings in seven days, a pastor in Liverpool is urging Christians to pray for peace and justice.  Over the last 12 months, the city has seen a pause in people losing...

A church in Liverpool has said they may have to restrict when they hold funeral services, to when the heating it on, due to the rising cost of energy bills. Rev Adam Maynard from St George's in Li...

Pope Francis has asked for an invitation from North Korea to visit the isolated country, South Korean broadcaster KBS reported. "I will go there as soon as they invite me. I'm saying they sho...