Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah, have pressed criminal charges against their granddaughter. Ziyanda Palesa Tutu, Mr Tutu's eldest grandchild, has been accused of property damage, according...
A detective who stole from passengers travelling through Heathrow was found drunk with a noose and Bible hours after he was due to be sentenced, a court has hea Michael Harrington, 46, from the Metro...
In an inquiry into child sexual abuse, a detective has said he didn't trust the Catholic head teacher at a boarding school. Fr Leo Chamberlain was the head teacher of the Roman Catholic boarding scho...
Her Christian father, Peter says police hope the review could provide clues in the disappearance of the chef who disappeared in York four-and-a-half years The Christian father of a woman who's been...
Robbers wearing a devil mask and a balaclava broke into a church before locking a priest in a cupboard and stealing cash from a charity box. The clergyman from St Joseph's Church in Reddish, Greater ...
The Bishop of Manchester has said devolving more powers to British cities "will help us to hold together as a nation" and make independence less likely. Rt Rev David Walker was speaking before the Ch...
A devout Christian was lawfully thrown off a Sheffield University social work course after being accused of posting derogatory comments about homosexuals and bi Felix Ngole, of Barnsley, South Yorksh...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has criticised the Black Friday shopping sales in an article for a Sunday newspaper. In a piece for The Mail on Sunday he said: "I have even asked myself th...
A Medieval historian claims a major fire at Canterbury Cathedral in 1174 may have been started deliberately by monks. Dr Emma Wells says the damage ca Archbishop Thomas Becket had been murdered in ...
Christians are being urged to pray for a miracle following the collapse of a power station in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The emergency services have been using surveillance aircraft, thermal imaging and sn...
Christian group Youth for Christ has said diet pills are "the fruit of the much deeper issue", following the death of a 21-year-old student. Eloise Parry died on 12 April after taking diet pills sh...
Police and forensic experts are digging up a remote bogland in Ireland where they suspect a monk murdered by the IRA may be buried. Detectives are said to be confident ex Cistercian monk Joe Lynskey'...
Digital counters will be installed at 40 parishes this year to count more accurately the number of people visiting a church either for a service or a browse. Currently the only data gathered is from ...
A Church of England - Birmingham initiative has left people wanting to delve deeper into topics discussed in a previous church service they attended. According to research was carried out by ORB Inte...
A Lake District church is partnering with a London congregation as part of a pioneering digital prayer project. Specialist equipment installed at St Michael's and All Angels in Hawkshead, Cumbria wil...
A paedophile vicar has admitted downloading vile images of children from the internet. Peter Low, 65, pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images of children and one count of possess...
A Church of England diocese has issued an "unreserved apology" to a man sexually assaulted by a priest during childhood. The Diocese of Chester also accepted it failed to act on information concernin...
A diocese has apologised after one of its priests was jailed for 17 years for repeatedly abusing a boy. Fr Michael Higginbottom, 74, was convicted of four counts of buggery and four counts of indecen...
The Diocese of Truro has defended its decision to not require applicants for its mission leader vacancy to be practising Christians. In a statement responding to criticism, the diocese said it was ke...
A celebration for the birthday of Islam's founder Mohammed did not break church law, Anglican leaders have told Premier. The Diocese of Southwark responded after All Saints Church in Kingston-upon-Th...
