The first female bishop in the Church of England to get a place in the House of Lords will take her seat on October 26th, parliament has confirmed. Bishop of Gloucester Rt Revd Rachel Treweek will be...
Right Reverend Libby Lane, currently the suffragan bishop of Stockport, will become the diocesan Bishop of Derby. Bishop Libby was the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of England when s...
The first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England will formally begin her role as the Bishop of Gloucester on Saturday. Bishop Rachel Treweek is being presented with her staff during a servic...
Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Venerable Rachel Treweek, Archdeacon of Hackney in the Diocese of London, as the next Bishop of Gloucester. Her appointment has been welcomed across the Church...
A chilling trailer showing Jude Law as a dark and evil pope has been released. The actor portrays a fictional American-born pontiff, Pope Pius XIII, in the new 10-part series set to air on Sky Atlant...
Scotland's First Minister has led tributes to a former-Episcopalian priest who played a central role in the creation of the Scottish Parliament, Canon Kenyon Wr Canon Wright, who chaired the Scottish...
Two Christian brothers in Scotland who are under threat of being deported to Pakistan have received support from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. During First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parl...
The Outer Hebrides is set to get its first mosque despite prayers from a local church for it not to be ever built. Aihtsham Rashid, 39, a businessman from Leeds, led a fundraising drive for the mosqu...
The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides has opened despite condemnation from some Christians. A derelict building in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, a traditionally Christian island, has been converte...
A role to protect children and vulnerable adults has been filled following a consultation on the Church of England's national safeguarding structure. Melissa Caslake, who is currently the executive d...
A multi-million pound project to restore the crumbling floor of a historic abbey has reached an important milestone. Work has finished on the first phase of Bath Abbey's Footprint project and the eas...
The first Church of England priest to defy the House of Bishops and enter a gay marriage has been elected to the General Synod. Revd Andrew Foreshew-Cain said he was "feeling daunted, elated and read...
A pub has become the first in Scotland to be blessed by a church. The Crask Inn in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, will begin providing daily prayers as well as spiritual retreats and clergy training...
The Prince of Wales visited Ewenny Priory Church in the Vale of Glamorgan. One of the most historic churches in South Wales has received its first Royal visitor in more than 600 years. The Prince of...
The first same-sex church wedding in the UK has taken place in Edinburgh. Peter Matthews and Alistair Dinnie made history when they were married at St John's Church, run by the Scottish Episcopal Chu...
A new release of details and still images from the next James Bond film has shown the new Bond girls in a church. One clip in a new vlog shows Monica Bellucci sitting in a church, in a sombre, dignif...
A couple from Staffordshire have got married at a chapel in the British Antarctic, marking the first official wedding on the territory. Polar field guides Tom Sylvester and Julie Baum were joined by ...
Venerable Rachel Treweek has been appointed the new Bishop of Gloucester, a position that means she will be the first female bishop to take a seat in the House Downing Street made the announcement a...
A soldier's bible from more than 100 years ago still bears the scars of war - two bullet holes from where it "took the brunt" of a German machine-gun attack. Private Leslie Friston, who served with t...
Love letters from World War One discovered in a Belgium wood by a Christian solider have been made public on Valentine's Day. Notes by Private Charles Snelling, who died fighting in the Battle of Pas...
