The Diocese of Truro is investigating after a plaque highlighting the involvement of one of its parishioners in the slave trade was erected in a church in Falmouth without permission. The brass plaque...
Dr Robert Willis, the former Dean of Canterbury Cathedral who became an internet sensation during the COVID-19 lockdown, has passed away aged 77. Serving the cathedral for over two decades, he died ...
A Leeds priest previously convicted of child abuse is facing new allegations from four individuals. Fr Patrick Smythe, already serving time for past abuses, was described by a victim as a “beast�...
Three people have died, and four others have been hospitalised following a suspected carbon monoxide leak at the Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage, Dorset. Emergency services responded to what was de...
A church in East Yorkshire is investigating after children celebrating a primary school harvest festival service were reportedly exposed to x-rated images on screen. The Year 2 pupils were singing har...
The Archbishop of Wales has welcomed a decision by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) to reject a motion calling for Westminster to introduce assisted suicide. The power to introduce assisted suicide is n...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London have met with Kim Leadbeater, the MP who tabled the private members’ bill on assisted dying, to discuss their opposing views. A spokesperson for Ms ...
A “simple, unadorned” church in Lincolnshire has won the UK’s Church of the Year award. The National Churches Trust awarded St James the Great in Aslackby, Lincolnshire the accolade at a ceremon...
A British pensioner is being investigated in Majorca over claims he molested a 13-year-old girl at a Mass service. The young girl reported being touched on her bottom and back by the 83-year-old expat...
The Church of England is facing calls to increase its reparation efforts, after the Most Rev Justin Welby disclosed that his ancestor owned enslaved people on a Jamaican plantation. Richard Reddie,...
The long-awaited review into abuse committed by the late Anglican barrister John Smyth has been completed and is now with the Church of England's National Safeguarding Team. John Smyth was a form...
The Christian Medical Fellowship has told Premier that church outreach has a “big impact on the country’s health”, as the government launches the biggest ever public consultation of healthcare i...
On 16th October, the House of Lords once again addressed the issue of legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales. According to Law and Religion UK, Baroness Thornton raised the ques...
The Bishop of Blackburn has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury in opposing the assisted dying bill, arguing instead for better palliative care. Introduced by MP Kim Leadbeater, the bill seeks to lega...
King Charles and Queen Camilla have begun their tour of Australia by attending a Sunday service, and signing Australia's first Bible. The service at St Thomas' Anglican Church was officiated b...
The Archbishop of York has called for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap, as part of Challenge Poverty Week. Writing in the Yorkshire Post, the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell says: “There ...
A classmate of the late One Direction star Liam Payne has told Premier he was an “encouraging” friend to have, and was “confident and inspiring” as a teenager. John Carpenter is a Christian, a...
Christian publisher Lifeway is launching a Bible to help children and adults with dyslexia access the word of God. The Grace Bible features a special font, entitled ‘Grace’, which has been develop...
A church administrator who admitted to having an "addiction to shopping" has been found guilty of stealing from her employer and sentenced to two years in prison suspended for 18 months. Claire Clarke...
A former Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Church of England bishops in the House of Lords to back calls to legalise assisted dying. Lord Carey’s stance on the issue differs from that of the Archbi...
