The Diocese of London has reached the half way point of its Capital Vision 2020 goal to create 100 new worshipping communities in London. The 50th - a French speaking church - opened this week.Rt Rev...
Plans have been unveiled for the building of a bespoke church boat to sail through East London. Under what is being proposed the new floating community hub would be run in partnership with the church...
In a first for the Church of England, the Diocese of Salisbury has been granted Eco Diocese Status, marking their green efforts. Salisbury Cathedral Spire will be lit in green on Saturday night to ce...
Examples include listening to the Bible for 28 minutes every day or saying a prayer of thanks for food and family before a meal. People struggling to find a new year's resolution are being given a he...
The Archdiocese of Birmingham says the way an abuse case may have been handled in the 1980s wouldn't be how it would be handled today. It's responding to allegations from a child abuse victim, who ha...
A Christian disability specialist has shared with Premier how attending church has at times made her feel lonely. Fiona Gosden, 28, who has a very rare bone condition that affects her hands and legs,...
Alex Smith, a 19 year old, has had a full-immersion baptism with his college helping with his request. Alex has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic condition that makes his muscles weaker and causes...
An affiliate of Christian foodbank charity the Trussell Trust has been accused of "discrimination towards other beliefs and those of no faith". The Scottish Secular Society has blasted a job advert ...
An online questionnaire has been launched to try and find out more about the discrimination faced by some people on religious grounds. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is carrying out ...
A Christian mental health charity is urging parents to discuss emotions with children following new figures that reveal a record number of children are seeking Rachel Newham, Founding director of Th...
Disgraced bishop Peter Ball, who sexually abused young men, died following falls at home, an inquest heard. Ball, 87, was jailed at the Old Bailey in 2015 for sexual offences against 18 young men ove...
Peter Ball, the disgraced bishop who was jailed for sexually abusing young men, has died at the age of 87. Ball was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing 18 young men over three decades, but this was...
The friendship between Peter Ball and the Prince of Wales did "not specifically" affect the way he was dealt with by Lambeth Palace, a former senior adviser to Dr Andrew Purkis, who was George Carey...
Convicted sex offender bishop Peter Ball has said his friendship with the Prince of Wales was one of "support and respect", adding that he had wanted letters be Extracts from correspondence between ...
The disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien will not be stripped of his honorary degree, St Andrews University has said. The university considered revoking the 2004 award following a request from a member o...
Disgraced Christian MP Fiona Onasanya could be struck off as a solicitor after being found guilty of lying to avoid a speeding conviction. The 35-year-old solicitor and MP for Peterborough is now fa...
A proposal by a group of MPs for a 25p levy on disposable coffee cups sold in the UK has been welcomed by Christian environmentalists. Leaders of the conservation charity A Rocha UK described the ide...
The government is reportedly opening centres across England and Wales next month which will make divorces faster and cheaper. The process will take the majority of separations out of the court system...
Dozens of people who have married again following a divorce were given a green light by the Church of England to pursue ordination last year, new figures sugges Statistics obtained by The Times show ...
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released new figures on the rate of marriage and divorce in the UK. According to the ONS, in 2016, there were 8.9 divorces of opposite-sex couples per 1,00...
