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The Bishop of Coventry has accused the Church of England of exploiting the concept of Christian forgiveness to allow paedophiles to get away with their crimes. Rt Rev Christopher Cocksworth said the ...

The Bishop of Shrewsbury said Christians could become a focus of the Government's new counter-extremism strategy. He claimed the government hasn't clearly defin The Rt Rev. Mark Davies will express h...

Faith leaders are uniting with a new letter to the President of the UN General Assembly calling on him to take more and faster action on climate change. Reports suggest the first three months of 2016...

An Anglican bishop has written a song to the tune of the Rolling Stones' song Paint It Black in a bid to help families facing "terrible conditions" due to flood Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick, the Bishop o...

Mothers' names will be included on marriage certificates "as soon as possible" if a new law is approved, the Government has said after the Bishop of St Albans r Home Office minister Baroness Williams...

The Church has taken a preferential option for the rich, the Bishop of Burnley has claimed at the General Synod. Rt Revd Philip North accused the Church of England of not investing enough money in po...

Rt Revd David Walker describes the coalition's approach as 'misguided' after the PM unveils plans to restrict access to social housing and the health service. David Cameron's set out a series of new ...

Expansion ideas at Heathrow and Gatwick have made it onto a list of options to ease congestion at UK airports. The Bishop of Willesden has come out against what he is calling the 'obliteration' of Ha...

The Bishop of Sherwood and former chaplain of Manchester City football club has been made the national Church of England sports ambassador. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Archbis...

Rt Rev Mark Rylands, the Bishop of Shrewsbury, has announced that he's stepping down from the role to return to parish ministry. Bishop Mark will return to the Diocese of Exeter to become the Priest-...

An event on Wednesday night trying to stem the flow of deadly knife attacks in London has earned backing from the Bishop of Edmonton. Rt Revd Rob Wickham said the Citizens Assembly was "timely", give...

The Bishop of Dudley, Rt Rev Graham Usher, says churches should get behind a nationwide street cleaning campaign.  The Great British Spring Clean on the 22nd March - 23rd April has already got b...

A Church of England bishop has said he is happy to support those demonstrating against Trump's state visit to the UK on Monday and questions whether Trump's app The Rt Rev Paul Bayes, the Bish...

A bishop's expressed his "deep sadness" at the death of a Christian student who was attacked in Jerusalem. Bishop of Lichfield, Right Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, is speaking after Hannah Bladon, 20, was...

Two bishops have engaged in a light-hearted exchange on social media, following a quip made about the weather in Manchester. The Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, published a tweet yesterday saying: "Lea...

The House of Lords passed a bill on Tuesday that would end the exclusion of mothers' names from marriage certificates. The Registration of Marriage Bill, led by the Dr Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans...

A woman who claims a youth pastor raped her has told a court a letter she received from the Bishop of London in response to the allegations was "a joke". The woman was giving evidence at Woolwich Cro...

An Irish bishop has asked for prayers after a man and his wife were found dead and their 21-year-old daughter left critically injured. Police discovered Michael Greaney, 53, and his wife, Valerie, 49...

The farewell service to mark the Bishop of Gloucester's retirement will no longer take place because of an ongoing Church of England investigation. Rt Revd Michael Perham was told by police last mont...

A bishop's son is hoping to win a seat in Parliament this May. James Frith is the Labour candidate for Bury North in Lancashire. He's the son of Rt Rev Richard Frith, the Bishop of Hereford.Bury Nort...