Gaps in church records are being blamed for a misidentified grave that resulted in the family mourning in the wrong place for 17 years. It's believed the lack of original records are due to a fire...
A church in London has been asked to remove its bright-coloured chairs after an ecclesiastical judge ruled the colourful seating could cause "puzzlement". Church leaders at St Mary the Virgin in nor...
A service to remember all those who've died as a result of violent crime and terrorism has taken place at Southwark Cathedral. Speaking during the service, which saw the consecration of the Chapel...
Church leaders have expressed their deep disapproval that full abortion services will officially be set up in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris wrote to the Department...
An Australian court has heard that Brian Houston allegedly accused a man of tempting his father, Pastor Frank Houston, who was later found guilty sexually abusing the person as a child. The abuse surv...
The Ukrainian government will draw up a law banning churches affiliated with Russia under moves described by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as necessary to prevent Moscow being able to "weaken Ukraine...
A South African church congregation is mourning the deaths of at least nine people after a flash flood swept them away during a river baptism. According to rescue officials in Johannesburg, eight pe...
Italy's Catholic Church is reintroducing handshakes for the "sign of peace" during Mass as part of a wider relaxation of anti-Covid-19 measures. "It will be possible to restore the usual form o...
Tens of thousands of Christians took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest violence in eastern regions, as church leaders accused the international community of hyp...
A new study has revealed how the coronavirus pandemic affected Christians across the world. It describes killings, targeted attacks on religious groups and the "scapegoating" of places of worship. T...
A man has been arrested following two incidents resulting in the evacuation of Life Church in Bradford. Police labelled one incident as a "security threat" and opened an investigation into a suppose...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has defended the Ukraine fighting back in the Russian invasion of its country. Most Rev Justin Welby, who was on a three-day trip to the now war-torn country told BBC Radi...
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered an investigation into the activities of a branch of the Orthodox Church linked historically to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursda...
An ex-Premier League footballer has appeared in court charged with fraud by false representation after losing £3.5m investments on behalf of one of the UK's biggest churches. Richard Rufus, 47,...
Churches across the Diocese of London are appealing for help in tackling the issue of hygiene poverty - both locally and nationally. The Diocese of London says that in the Square Mile of the City alon...
King Charles and Ukraine's First Lady, Mrs Olena Zalenska, have officially opened a Ukrainian Welcome Centre at the Ukrainian Cathedral of London. Â Welcomed by the bishop of the Ukrainian Cathol...
Recently released census results suggest less than half of the English and Welsh population are Christian. It's the first time the number has dropped below 50 per cent, surprising sociologists and...
The Christian community in England and Wales is now less than half of the overall population, and the statistics prompted a rant from an LBC radio host. James O'Brien condemned people that would...
Ukraine's SBU security service conducted a fresh search of a monastery in the west of the country on Wednesday in what it said was an operation to counter suspected "subversive activities by Russi...
A Christian persecution watchdog has warned that the way some Christians are being treated in Russian occupied areas in Ukraine is reminiscent of religious persecution that took place within the Sovie...
