A disqualified drink-driver who drove into another car, killing church volunteer Louis Dube, has been jailed for eleven years and four months. Ryan McElroy, 35, was three times over the limit an...
A Church of Scotland school matron who died in Auschwitz after refusing to abandon Jewish girls in her care will be honoured with a stone memorial in Edinburgh. Miss Haining trained as a Church of Sco...
Christian humanitarian aid organisation, Samaritan's Purse, says it is sending out over 10.5-million shoebox gifts worldwide that were collected by partnering countries over Christmas. Through a p...
A Catholic priest was charged for by police “intimidating” visitors to an abortion clinic by standing nearby with a placard stating 'Praying for free speech'. Father Sean Goug...
King Charles III will host his first ever Maundy service at York Minster. Joined by The Queen Consort, the King will meet 74 men and 74 women to thank them for their service, both to Christi...
UPDATE: Plans for same-sex blessings have now passed at the Church of England's General Synod. More here. The Church of England’s historical debate on blessing couples in same-sex uni...
Sandi Toksvig has said she “never wanted” to speak out against the Church of England (CofE) but she “could not sit by” and let the LGBT+ community be “hurt”. Same-s...
The Church of England is setting up a commission to consider whether to stop referring to God as “He” in prayers, after some priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead...
A petition launched against a drag queen storytime event at the Tate has received nearly 10,000 signatures in a day. Catholic commentator Caroline Farrow has petitioned for the Tate to stop “pro...
For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, a minister from a congregation in the Republic of Ireland will become Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI). Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, ...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued an urgent call for churchgoers and people of faiths to become blood donors, especially those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Donors of Black heritage are urgent...
Churches are stepping in to provide shelter and supplies after two huge earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, leaving thousands dead. The death toll has passed 5,000 and is expected to rise...
The Church of England has acquired a 3.6 per cent stake in Charity Bank, after making an equity investment of over £1 million via its social impact arm. The £1.1million investmen...
Bishops in the Church of England have been discussing human composting, and any potential theological reasons against the process. The alternative method of burial would save spaces in graveyards, but...
All Souls Church London is pausing its payments to the diocese until a decision is made on the same-sex blessings debate. In a letter to the Bishop of London, the church challenged...
A church in Kent is looking for an artist to design a new reliquary to house the remains of England’s earliest saint. The owner of the remains – St Eanswythe – was discovered almost ...
A woman who was arrested for “silently praying” outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham has had her charges dropped. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested and charged last December after bei...
It’s a week since a video was released showing the brutal killing of a young black man at the hands of police in the United States. 29 year old Tyre Nichols died three days after being beaten an...
Three Christian development agencies have urged the UK Government to commit to financing a peace process in South Sudan. The leaders of Christian Aid, CAFOD and Tearfund have written a joint open...
Christian Aid has expressed its disgust over Shell reporting record-breaking annual profits. The oil and energy giant delivered a record $40bn (£32.2bn) profit in 2022. It capped a tumultuous ye...
