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A former Church of England priest has handed himself in to authorities in India to face claims he abused a boy there in 2011. Revd Jonathan Robinson, 73, is accused of abusing the 15-year-old boy in ...

Plans to bring Church of England and Catholic schools on the Isle of Wight together into one, island-wide, multi-academy trust have moved a step closer.   The churches already jointly run two school...

The violent killing of Ann Maguire in April shook the nation - it was the murder of a woman described as the 'rock' at the centre of her family. She was a dedicated and committed Catholic who, as wel...

A national poll to find the advent calendar furthest from the Christmas story has been won by Ann Summers. The lingerie and adult toy retailer, whose version features chocolate in body part shapes, s...

The papal honour was given to her by Pope Benedict XVI for her services to politics and public life. Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe has become a Dame of the Order of St Gregory.  The papal honour was...

Former MP Ann Widdecombe has criticised the idea that God could be female, after a bishop said calling God 'He' puts people off church. Widdecombe, who is a Catholic, was asked by Piers Morgan on ITV...

Christian and former prisons minister Ann Widdecombe will be among celebrities going sugar-free for the second series of ITV's Sugar Free Farm. The four-part series will see the celebrities live and ...

The Catholic former MP is speaking out as Mick and Mairead Philpott are at Nottingham Crown Court for their sentencing hearing. The man found guilty of killing his six children has been branded 'incr...

Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe says yesterday's by-election win for UKIP isn't a big deal. The Catholic writer and broadcaster has been speaking after Mark Reckless, who defected from the Conservative...

The police who investigated a Catholic journalist accused of calling a transgender woman a man on social media should face a probe themselves, Ann Widdecombe ha In her regular newspaper column, the o...

Questions are now being asked as to why taxpayers should fund the lifestyles of people like Mick and Mairead Philpotts. Catholic former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe has told Premier the welfare state doesn...

Catholic politician Ann Widdecombe has given a strong response to a question which compared her switch of church denomination to her departure from the Conserva Speaking at a public meeting, the 71-y...

Christian bakery Ashers losing an appeal against a discrimination verdict for not baking a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan is a "mark of totalitarianism", A The former Conservative MP said the ju...

Ann Widdecombe has claimed being runner-up in Celebrity Big Brother was an "endorsement of free speech" by the British public. The retired MP missed being crowned the winner of the reality show after...

Christian and former-politician Ann Widdecombe has said that she is "saddened" the 'Call The Midwife' television programme on BBC One has come to an end. The season finale of the show attracted more ...

The former minister and catholic MP, Ann Widdecombe has said Britain must be the "laughing stock of any fundamentalist Islamist who hopes to wipe Christianity f In her column for the Daily Express, M...

Ann Widdecombe has attacked women who 'whinge' about inequality. Writing in the Radio Times, the Catholic and former Tory MP questioned why the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing has two female presenter...

Forty-two year-old pakistani peace activist was martyred outside his mothers house in Islamabad in 2011. A gathering of Pakistani Christians will take place in London over the weekend in commemoratio...

A new annual prayer day is to strengthen ties between the link dioceses of Carlisle and Northern Argentina. The prayer day is being held for the first time today (25 May) and sees groups in both coun...

The Christian director of a charity representing victims of sexual abuse has ridiculed proposals that would allow people arrested for sex offences to be able to The recommendation by a cross group pa...