Several church leaders have been included in the New Year Honours list. Pastor Mike Pilavachi, who founded the Soul Survivor movement, has been made MBE for his services to young people. In a post on ...
The wife of a pastor who drowned alongside his two children while holidaying in the Costa del Sol said all three could swim, and has claimed there was something "wrong" with the pool they died in. Pas...
A leading Church of England vicar may face a criminal inquiry after alleged abuse victims claimed they endured naked ice baths, beatings and massages. Rev Jonathan Fletcher, 77, was already banned fr...
Tributes have been paid to a British pastor who drowned along with two of his children in a pool in the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve. Gabriel Diya, 52, his daughter Comfort Diya, nine, and his son ...
Thousands of Good Samaritans across the UK and Ireland are supporting the homeless over Christmas. Homeless people can enjoy the festive period in a B&B in Bradford, tuck into a dinner in Dublin or at...
Mary's journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus may have involved an inspired choice of transport, according to new research. Experts believe donkeys are better qualified than their closest rel...
The Queen will acknowledge the "bumpy" path the royal family and the nation has experienced over the last year during her Christmas Day message. In the short recorded piece which will air at 3pm on Pr...
The Queen attended church on Sunday, after the Duke of Edinburgh spent his second night in hospital. A regular church-goer, the Queen arrived at St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham, Norfolk - the same ch...
Banky's latest piece - his take on a nativity scene - has been unveiled at his hotel in Bethlehem. The "Scar of Bethlehem" artwork features a nativity scene with Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus...
The lives of London Bridge terror attack victims Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones have been celebrated by friends and family at two church services. A funeral service for 25-year-old Mr Merritt was held ...
The balance of male and female singers in English cathedral choirs has shifted for the first time in a millennium. Boys are thought to have dominated the stage since the tradition began in the 10th ce...
Rev Richard Coles says police are involved after he received hate mail following the death of his partner. The ex-Strictly Come Dancing contestant, 57, announced this week that his civil partner, the...
A Christian charity is encouraging churches to help "release the burden of care" as figures reveal an increasing number of elderly people are acting as unpaid carers to loved ones. Analysis from Age U...
In the top internet searches in the UK of 2019, Google searches for Jesus peaked around Easter but were beaten at Christmas. The online tool Google Trends lets you see when certain subjects were sea...
The Government's special envoy for freedom of religion and belief asked for three religious texts to be present when he pledged allegiance to God and to the Queen. This week, all 650 MPs were sw...
The Prince of Wales has denounced the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka as an "utterly barbaric attack", as he attended a Tamil Christian church service. Charles told the congregation the terrorist...
For the first time, nurses have gone on strike in Northern Ireland. Around 15,500 nurses in Northern Ireland are taking strike action over a pay dispute and patient safety. The Royal College of Nursin...
A meeting between the parents of Harry Dunn and the Archbishop of Canterbury has been cancelled because they are "struggling emotionally". The pair were due to meet Most Rev Justin Welby at Lambeth Pa...
Broadcaster Rev Richard Coles has announced the death of his partner. The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant said Rev David Coles, his civil partner who was also a priest, had been unwell for som...
It's been announced that grime artist Stormzy will recite a passage from Luke's Gospel as Christmas Day draws to a close on BBC One. He will tell the story of the "first ever Christmas when an...
