Church of Scotland presbyteries are to discuss the proposal of allowing people in same-sex marriages to become ministers. At the General Assembly this week, members voted to send the issue out for fu...
The Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing people in same sex civil partnerships to practice as ministers and deacons. According to the Telegraph, the decision was made by the General Ass...
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will discuss whether to allow ministers who are in a same sex marriage. The debate follows an earlier vote to allow clergymen and woman who were in civi...
The Church of Scotland's General Assembly will be presented with a proposal to allow ministers to conduct gay marriages later. The Church's Theological Forum will argue in its report that it "does no...
A former moderator of the Church of Scotland says the country is not healing after the independence referendum. Voters decided to remain in the UK by 55% to 45% at the poll on 18 September.Dr Alison ...
A range of official commemorative coins will be issued by the Royal Mint to mark the christening of Princess Charlotte. They'll be available in silver, in what the organisation says is keeping with t...
A Church of Scotland minister has revealed that he used to sleep just yards away from the Berlin Wall which dramatically fell 30 years ago on Saturday. Former soldier Rev Peter Sutton spent four mont...
Tim Farron was right to resign as Liberal Democrat leader because of his "fundamentally illiberal and prejudiced views" on gay sex, former Lib Dem minister Davi Mr Farron announced he was standing dow...
Christian comedian Tim Minchin says he has being threatened with a lawsuit because of a song he wrote about the Pope. The musician and comedian heavily criticises religion in 'The Pope Song', which...
A council in east London is going to be quizzed by an advocate for children's rights over its decision to place a Christian girl with Muslim foster carers. The Children's Commissioner for England, An...
The Government plans to exercise new powers to fine, suspend or deregister universities if they do not meet a statutory duty to commit to free speech in their g Jo Johnson, the universities minister,...
The speaker of the House of Commons has reignited the gay marriage debate by suggesting marriage will only really be equal when same sex unions can take place i John Bercow has been addressing a rece...
Churches across Glasgow are joining forces to provide hospitality and care for the thousands of people expected in Glasgow as the Commonwealth Games get underwa The event kicked off with the opening ...
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said rules against remarried divorcees taking Holy Communion are unlikely to change. Cardinal Vincent Nichols held a press conference as he pr...
People living in Wakefield will be able to pick up a bottle of wine at the same time as attending church. The city's Cathedral has started selling communion wine in the shop next door to raise money ...
Eric Pickles has welcomed the passing of a new law which ensures all councils have the right to hold prayers at the start of meetings. The Local Government (Religious Observances) Act received Royal ...
The vicar in Greater Manchester says opening up the church grounds for growing fruit and vegetables has prompted an "inter-faith conversation" in a "very divers Rev John Hughes from St John the Evang...
The Salford community is coming together to raise £100,000 to restore a historic church that was gutted by fire on Sunday. Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the Church of th...
The car has "hollowed out" community and family life, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has claimed. In a speech about ageing in modern Britain he said "family cohesiveness has been dest...
A priest who used a dead woman's disability parking badge has been handed a community order, a council said. Anglican minister William Haymaker was found guilty in March of possessing an article for ...
