The Church Commissioners, which manages the Church of England’s £10bn endowment fund, will vote against all directors at the upcoming AGMs of Exxon, Occidental Petroleum, Shell, and Total, in respo...
Princess Anne and Admiral Timothy Lawrence have met with volunteers taking part in the The Big Help Out. Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have met with volunteers at a street party St Mar...
A church in County Tyrone has been forced to cancel Sunday Mass due to a security threat. Police were concerned that congregants in Omagh may be in danger following a car hijacking nearby. Three maske...
Emergency services were forced to deploy a coastguard helicopter to save someone from a church tower over the Coronation weekend, following a suspected medical episode. Although the official reason fo...
The act of service was the theme given through Justin Welby's sermon at the coronation of King Charles III. The Archbishop of Canterbury was the one to crown the new monarch at the service at West...
Frank Williams – the actor best known for playing a vicar in Dad’s Army – has given thousands of pounds to local churches following his death. The near-91-year-old died in 2022, but details of h...
The Bishop of Oxford says the coronation service is a message of hope in a difficult time, and that King Charles is “made for such a time as this,” as the monarch ascends the throne in Westminster...
New Wine has released a statement following allegations of safeguarding failures by prominent church leader Mike Pilavachi. The Soul Survivor pastor has stepped back from his role at the Watford churc...
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that their alleged...
Pope Francis on Friday praised the work of an international Vatican commission on sexual abuse prevention, following the recent acrimonious resignation of a high-profile member who accused it of lac...
The Archbishop of Wales, Most Rev Andrew John, is leading the way in calls for volunteers to get stuck in with the Big Help Out. Archbishop Andrew will be taking to the coast in a bid to raise awarene...
Allegations that lewd parties took place at Newcastle’s St Mary’s Cathedral during the pandemic are ‘simply untrue’ according to details of an inquiry published on the Diocese of Hexham and Ne...
The investigation into possible safeguarding failures by church leader Mike Pilavachi will now include “recent allegations”. Soul Survivor has released an update on the national Church investigati...
Award-winning worship leader Matt Redman has released a statement acknowledging an ongoing safeguarding investigation into behaviour by Soul Survivor leader Mike Pilavachi. Redman is one of the most p...
A Christian advocacy group claims a US report on international religious freedom ignores the documented persecution of Christians in Nigeria at the hands of Fulani - painting the ethnic group as the ...
A preacher has been arrested in Yunnan, southwest China for distributing coronavirus masks with bible verses on them. Chang Hao, who runs a house church in Zhaotong City was arrested and detained on c...
As the King’s Coronation approaches, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s encouragement to pledge allegiance to the new monarch has been met with a mixed response. For the first time in the history of c...
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its 2023 report documenting the state of religious freedom across the world. The report identifies countries th...
A man that was involved in stealing lead from 15 church roofs has told courts that he was “exploited” by a gang, as a heritage group warns of organised crime against churches. Madalin Gabriel ...
A church that was almost destroyed by fire has been reconsecrated eight years after the arson attack. In 2015, fire fighters battled a blaze at the Grade-II listed All Saints Church in Fleet, Hampshir...
