Buckfast Abbey, famous for its tonic wine, has made a record amount of money in a year. The group of monks made £8.8m between 2014 to 2015. Most of the money came from sales of its caffeinated, 15-p...
Accomplished singers from the Sistine Chapel Choir in Vatican City and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal Choir have sung together at Buckingham Palace in support of pe Birgitte, Her Royal Highness the Duche...
An extra £2 billion for social care in England should be welcomed but it does not go far enough, the Bishop of Birmingham has said. Reacting to the Chancellor's Budget Statement on Wednesday, Rt Rev...
The Bishop of Leicester has had his biscuits stolen by a burglar. A thief broke into the office of Rt Rev Martyn Snow over the festive period and left "quite a mess".In a blog the clergyman explained...
John Armitage, 50, spent several hours trapped in Chester cathedral when he fell through the roof. Armitage had been trying to illegally gain access to steal from the building.Police found him at hom...
Christian Charity, Core Issues Trust is challenging a ban on its advert suggesting gay people can be helped to ''move out of homosexuality''. The charity's bus advert - which was banned by the Mayor ...
A bus company is due in court to face health and safety charges after a crash in which a pedestrian and a seven-year-old passenger were killed. Midland Red (South) Ltd was charged with two health and...
A 79-year-old bus driver has appeared in court charged with killing a seven-year-old passenger and a pedestrian in a city centre crash. Kailash Chander is alleged to have caused the deaths of Catholi...
A bus driver is due in court accused of killing a pedestrian and a seven-year-old passenger in a city centre crash. Kailash Chander, 79, is alleged to have caused the deaths of Rowan Fitzgerald and 7...
A bus operator has expressed its sorrow over a fatal crash after failing to prevent risks of "driver error" linked to fatigue and excessive working hours. Midland Red (South) Ltd pleaded guilty to tw...
Christmas and New Year's spending is thought to have led to the busiest January on record for debt charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP). CAP's busiest times of year are November, as people try to...
Six out of 10 evangelical Christians say they don't set aside a substantial period of time each day to pray. Six out of 10 evangelical Christians say they don't set aside a substantial period of time...
The number of people attending midweek services at cathedrals has doubled in the past 10 years. New figures from the Church of England suggest the desire for a place of peace in our increasingly busy...
Cadbury appears to have reversed a decision to remove the word 'Easter' from the name of its annual egg hunt for children. This year's event, which is run in partnership with the National Trust, has ...
Chocolatier Cadbury has been responding to hundreds of complaints after it removed the word Easter from the front of its products. 'Shame on you' said one customer in a tweet to the company.The brand...
The row over whether a Christian bakery in Northern Ireland should have been forced to bake a pro-gay marriage cake or not has ignited fierce debate. Now a judge has decided Ashers Bakery was wrong t...
A makeshift church used by migrants at a camp in Calais is to feature in an edition of the BBC's Songs Of Praise. Producers have been filming at a church in the Jungle area, the base for thousands of...
A Christian MSP is urging Westminster to let Scotland decide the abortion limit. Plans to let Holyrood decide the termination law were dropped from last week's Smith Commission on more powers at the ...
A petition to ban shops from opening on Boxing Day has received more than 50,000 signatures - just three days after being set up. "Whilst not everyone may see Christmas as a religious holiday, it sho...
Church leaders should receive the same standard of training as Metropolitan police officers to spot the signs of child sexual exploitation, a Christian charity The Magdalene Group in Norwich also we...
