A garden display inspired by Birmingham Cathedral has been given a gold award and named Best in Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower Show. The city council's entry by Darren Share uses plants to reflect di...
Birmingham Cathedral has re-opened its doors this morning after shutting them yesterday in response to the national terror threat level being increased to criti The acting Dean of the Cathedral, Cano...
Sanctuary Sunday marks the end of refugee week and a time to remember those seeking asylum. The service at 1:30 on Sunday will be the first official national service to be held anywh...
A church in Birmingham has credited the mobile phone app Pokemon Go with an increase in attendance at its Sunday service. Hundreds of people have visited Birmingham's City Road Methodist Church to ca...
The congregation of a Birmingham church that turned into a scene of a stabbing attack on Sunday have met for updates and encouragement. Members of the New Jerusalem Apostolic Church in Birmingham hel...
A World War One centenary event is taking place today to honour the contributions of millions of African and Caribbean servicemen during the war. Up to 1,000 people are expected to attend the remembr...
A 20th century concrete church in Birmingham has been placed on the list of heritage sites at risk in England. Government heritage agency Historic England has published the annual Heritage At Risk Re...
A new landmark is set to be built near Birmingham to represent one million Christian prayers. The Wall of Answered Prayer will be made up of one million bricks, each one telling a unique story of how...
A senior church leader has said he is "absolutely appalled" at the delay to a crackdown on high stakes betting machines, dubbed the "crack cocaine" of gambling. Bishop of St Albans, Rt Rev Alan Smith...
A bishop has spoken out against the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Home Office's ruling on foreign spouses. Judges decided the government's rules, that Britons must earn more than £18,600 befo...
The Catholic Bishop of Lancaster has accepted the apology of a parishioner who he accused of writing a defamatory open letter. Rt Revd Michael Campbell took offence to the message from Philip Bannist...
Catholic Church leaders are scheduled to meet a BBC boss after concerns that a digital film about being gay in 2018 attacks Christians. John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley sent a letter to the director of...
The Bishop of Buckingham has told Premier the Church was right to publish its letter to the government urging it to do more on the refugee crisis. The Church of England has released a letter, signed ...
The Bishop of Chelmsford is calling on Christians to pray for 15 protesters who've been convicted of 'endangering an airport' - a charge linked to terrorism. They were arrested after cutting through ...
The Bishop of Connor, Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, has announced that he's decided, "with a heavy heart and spirit" to retire. The 62 year old has led his diocese, which covers Belfast and other parts of N...
The Bishop of Blackburn has said sorry for putting his name to two contradictory statements on the introduction of liturgy affirming a gender transition. The Church of England issued advice in Decemb...
The Bishop of Durham has given an "unreserved apology" to the survivors of sex attacks by a former archdeacon. Retired clergyman Granville Gibson, 79, was found guilty after a trial at Durham Crown C...
The Bishop of Shrewsbury has launched an appeal for help so he can prove that parts of a skeleton belonged to one of the 40 martyrs of England and Wales. The Right Revd Mark Davies needs at least a f...
The Bishop of Coventry is calling on local business leaders to help save a local charity supporting migrants. The Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre provides an art therapy scheme which helps new mi...
A bishop on the Irish border has asked Boris Johnson to "give deep pause before allowing a no-deal brexit." The Rt Rev John McDowell, the bishop of Clogher, a diocese that cuts across the Irish borde...
