Charity Christians in Sport has announced that a 14-year-old has died at one of its residential camps in Derby. In a short statement on its website, the organisation said: "On Monday 14th August ...
The Church of England has announced funding of £9.4 million for additional curate posts. It will mean almost 70 extra stipendiary curacy positions for deacons who are ordained this year. Rev Hel...
A consultation has just begun in a bid to develop fully independent safeguarding in the Church of England. It will take place over the next two months and be published by the end of December. Professo...
Jeremy Marshall, the banker and philanthropist has died following a lengthy battle with cancer. The 60 year old was surrounded by family and died peacefully on Sunday. Marshall spent his career in the...
A church in Cambridgeshire has unveiled a new stained glass window commemorating the Covid-19 pandemic. The window, believed to be the first of its kind, evolved out of a previous plan to mark the tho...
A poignant memorial service has been held in Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Omagh bombing. The attack on 15th August 1998 came just four months after the signing...
The body that represents Catholics in the Northern Ireland police force has called for a “full response” over concerns that a data breach will impact recruitment. Earlier this week, a data...
A church leader is praising migrant communities in the Diocese of Manchester for renewing and revitalising struggling places of worship. Despite concern about falling congregation numbers across the c...
The president of Israel has met Catholic leaders to draw attention to the rise in attacks against clergy and followers of Christ. Isaac Herzog met clerics at Haifa’s Stella Maris monastery,...
One of the UK's oldest legal institutions, Lincoln's Inn has decided to replace saying Grace before meals with a moment of reflection giving thanks instead. The historic association of student...
Adam Smith-Connor has pleaded "not guilty", to charges related to breaking a local ‘buffer zone’ around an abortion clinic, and praying silently outside the medical facility...
Christian voices have been sharing their thoughts as the first group of asylum seekers boarded the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge this week. The first group of 15 people boarded the vessel moored...
David Heron, a former chairman of Premier, has died at the age of 81. He held the position of chairman from 1996 – just a year after Premier Christian Radio was launched - until his retirement i...
A number of Catholic Bishops in England have declared their support for a campaign launched by the Catholic Union (CU), to lift the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools. The l...
As teenagers in Scotland receive their exam results for higher education, a chaplain has been sharing his hope for students to grow in their faith as they enter university. Around 140,000 pupils acros...
Fresh inquests are being held for the five Catholic men in Mid-Ulster killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) over 30 years ago. The victims, Sean Anderson, Thomas Armstrong, Dwayne O'Donnell, ...
A church treasurer has been jailed after stealing £24,000 from a church in Hertfordshire. Alison Blake – who also stole £125,000 from a company she worked for – used the m...
To mark 100 years of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, the Church in Wales has launched a new centenary anthem with a former Archbishop of Canterbury set to feature on it. Composed by musician and br...
Car company Porsche has come under fire after allegedly editing out a statue of Jesus from the background of an advert. The company was marking 60 years of its 911 sports car by filming the vehic...
A group of Christians in Hampshire who've taken over the local tourist information office say it's become a valuable way of engaging people with faith. They stepped in and took the centre over...
