Representatives of nine Christian groups working on peace issues have written to the UK Foreign Office, urging the government to make strides in effort to achieve global nuclear disarmament. The lette...
The Church in Wales has announced that one of the first women to become a priest in Wales, Rt Rev Mary Stallard, will be the next Bishop of Llandaff. Bishop Mary, who currently serves as the Assi...
An army veteran has been fined for praying for his son near an abortion facility in Bournemouth. The Christian legal organisation ADF UK says local authorities fined Adam Smith-Connor as he &ldqu...
There's been a furious reaction from equality campaigners - and disappointment from some evangelicals - after Church of England Bishops said they wouldn't endorse same-sex marriage in church. ...
Bishops in the Church of England have refused to back a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples. A statement released after a House of Bishops meeting this week says the “f...
The UK government has committed to including transgender people in a bill to end conversion therapy, despite warnings from the church that it may criminalise church leaders praying for those with unwa...
A church in Leicester was recently forced to call in the emergency services after a swan got into a flap on the roof. A churchwarden at St Margaret’s Church was left perplexed after hearing heav...
The Bishop of Stepney Rt Rev Joanne Grenfell is to be the Church of England’s new lead safeguarding bishop, taking over from Bishop Jonathan Gibbs who leaves the role at the end of March, when h...
A Christian charity has distributed money from a Cost of Living Response Fund to provide critical support for churches and charities on the frontline of the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. Stewardsh...
The leader of the House of Commons has written a letter to the Bishop of Portsmouth, urging him to support same-sex marriage within the Church of England ahead of the imminent General Synod. Penny Mor...
The priest who was conducting a memorial service at the church where six people were shot at the weekend has described the scenes as “pandemonium”. A seven-year old-girl was critically inj...
A priest in Cardiff is using food to combat loneliness and isolation in his community. Fr Dean Atkins from St Mary’s Church, Butetown has organised an event dubbed The Day of the Soup, which inv...
A seven-year-old girl was left with life-threatening injuries after she and five others, including another child, were hurt in a drive-by shooting on Saturday near a church in London w...
Three Christians, including a vicar, who took part in an Insulate Britain protest last year, have been found not guilty of causing a public nuisance. Rev Sue Parfitt, 80, from Bristol, Benjamin Buse, ...
A Church of England working party is to consider whether the Seal of the Confessional, which maintains confidential disclosures made to a priest during sacramental confession, should be amended, uphel...
The Church of England has released a new report on the well-being of its clergy. The report found the well-being of the clergy has declined since 2019, with lockdowns aggravating pre-existing pressure...
NHS workers are turning to hospital chaplains to support them as they struggle with the impact of staff shortages, Winter illnesses and the cost of living crisis. The mental health charity Doctor...
A former Premier League footballer who was found guilty of causing a London church and others to lose at total of £15m has been sentenced to seven and half years in prison. Last month, ex-Charlt...
The Catholic Church in Scotland is calling on people to prioritise giving to the church over things like Netflix subscriptions and football matches. It comes as the church says it's facing a perfe...
A Scottish bishop has appealed to Amazon to reconsider its plan to close down a local warehouse, which could result in job losses. Last week, the online retail giant said it opened a consultation to c...
