An actor who is playing the part of a gay vicar in television's Coronation Street was abused on the street for the role, he has claimed. Daniel Brocklebank said he received verbal abuse off screen fr...
An Anglican priest who married his same sex partner and was struck off has stood by his decision to go against Church teaching. Canon Jeremy Pemberton became the first vicar to enter a same sex marri...
A vicar who married his same sex partner and had his licence to minister revoked as a result says he's had a job offer withdrawn by Sherwood Forest Hospitals Tr Canon Jeremy Pemberton was offered the...
A gay vicar will make his screen debut on ITV's Coronation Street this Friday. Actor Daniel Brocklebank plays 'Revd Billy', who joins character Emily Bishop's church; St Mary's in the fictional town ...
The Christian-run Ashers Bakery is to close its Belfast city centre store due to low footfall as a result of a fire that reduced the nearby Primark to a shell. The fire which happened in August was f...
A number of senior Catholic cardinals have urged the Church to be more accepting of gay people. At the family synod, bishops agreed homosexuals had "gifts and qualities to offer the Christian commun...
Former footballer Paul Gascoigne has said he prays that he will not pick up another drink. The ex-England player has struggled with mental illness, drugs and alcohol addiction for more than 15 years....
A Christian writer who has praised the decision to ban two adverts that promote gender stereotyping says the issue needs to be addressed in our churches too. US food company Mondelez and German carma...
The Christian Legal Centre has filed a claim to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of pro-life campaigner Aisling Hubert. Miss Hubert launched a private prosecution against two doctors who ...
Premier has been speaking to Christians from across the political spectrum about the General Election results which saw the Conservative party fail to win a maj Gareth Wallace, executive director of ...
Clergy need more help to build "resilience" to better deal with their congregations, according to a new report approved by the Church of England's General Synod Canon Rev Dr Jonathan Alderton-Ford, m...
The Church of England's General Synod has backed a motion calling for a ban on the practice of Conversion Therapy aimed at altering sexual orientation. During the synod's session this weekend in York...
A Christian convert from Islam has said there's a "failure across the board" to protect people in Britain who leave the Muslim faith. Nissar Hussain was speaking after the Council of Ex-Muslims of Br...
A Christian charity has said there is a "door open" now for abortion and same-sex marriage to potentially be introduced in Northern Ireland, after its election CARE is speaking after Sinn Fein had i...
The Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband is "fine" and "not going anywhere", according to the Christian branch of the party. Spokesman Rob Carr's been speaking as reports yesterday suggested up to ...
The Bishop of Kensington has said it is obvious that emergency services responding to the Grenfell Tower fire were overwhelmed, after an inquiry found "serious Fewer people might have died in the Gr...
Claims suggest Margaret Thatcher's 'enemy within' phrase could have come from her Methodist upbringing. A historian says it is likely the former prime minister saw the term in a hymn written by Char...
Christian campaigners have given their backing to a new initiative aimed at ending loneliness and have encouraged everyone to do their part in tackling the issu A commission set up by MP Jo Cox befor...
The Christian charity CARE has described the approval of gene editing of human embryos as "exceptionally disappointing". Regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), said scien...
A jury's deliberations over a church warden and a magician accused of murdering a university lecturer and plotting to kill to retired headmistress were halted e The panel are considering verdicts aga...
