Founder of megachurch Hillsong, Brian Houston, has returned to Australia as he prepares to fight a court case in December. The 68-year-old will defend criminal charges brought to him for failing to re...
Church leaders have sent a private letter to the Prime Minister urging her to abandon the possible relocation of the British Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The letter was signed by the Church o...
A cardinal at the centre of a Vatican corruption trial asked the city-state's police in 2020 not to disclose evidence that a woman who was working for him had embezzled money for personal use that...
Criminal gangs have tightened their grip on modern slavery in the UK, according to a new report by the Salvation Army. Â The church and charity said more victims of organised criminal gangs are being...
The Church of Ireland's Church and Society Commission has published a short booklet with suggestions for how parishes and Christian ministries in their local communities can help to serve people i...
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned Russia's "relentless bombings" of Ukrainian cities, saying the attacks had unleashed a "hurricane of violence" on residents. Speaking to thousands of people at...
Parishes in the Church of England are now able to access a new grant to help with the cost of living crisis. The Church Commissioners have announced a £15m fund to alleviate some of the strain high...
A religious freedom watchdog has warned of Pro-Russian forces persecuting non-Orthodox churches in Ukraine. According to Release International, forces occupying areas in Ukraine have closed down the...
A commission investigating child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday it has already gathered more than 400 testimonies of alleged victims but admitted the number of actual ca...
The Very Rev Dr David Monteith has been appointed as the new dean of Canterbury, Downing Street has announced. As one of the last appointments made by her late Majesty the Queen, Rev David success t...
Prisoners, prison staff, victims of crime, families of prisoners and prison chaplains are being prayed for each day in churches for a week starting today. The Bishop of Llandaff, Rt Rev June Osborne w...
Many churches across Wales are supporting a charity known as Baby Basics. It's a volunteer-led project working with midwives, health visitors, and other professional groups. It aims to offer sup...
Prayers are being said across Ireland for the victims of Friday's explosion at a petrol station in Donegal. Ten people including a teenage girl, shop worker and mother and son died when the blast ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales in expressing concern at the potential for the British embassy in Israel to be moved from Tel Aviv to the c...
One of the UK’s biggest Christian festivals is facing a £70,000 shortfall after its 2022 season. Creationfest is a free event which takes place in Cornwall across four days every August. Organisers...
Christian parents are calling on the Church of England (CofE) to urgently abandon transgender guidance which says that children as young as five should be affirmed if they want to identify as the oppo...
Church leaders in Ireland are among those paying tribute to the community and emergency services after an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal left nine people dead.  The search for mor...
A new study has revealed most teens think positively of Jesus. Carried out by Barna Group in partnership with Alpha, Worldvision, Biblical and other groups, the research found 49 per cent of teens a...
Thousands of people are flocking to cathedrals and churches to visit the relics of the Lourdes visionary St Bernadette. The relics - which are part of the physical remains of a saint after their death...
The Irish Bishops’ Conference has called for Catholics to lobby against poverty during the cost of living crisis. At its Autumn General Meeting this week in Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth, bisho...
