Contraceptive pills can be bought over the counter in UK pharmacies for the first time from today. Women will need a consultation with a pharmacist - but won't have to get a GP's prescription ...
The Diocese of Carlisle is partnering with a Christian charity to provide free retreats for people who were frontline carers during the Covid pandemic. Caring for the Carers would see free retreats of...
The number of young people with eating disorders being admitted to hospital in England has risen during the pandemic. That's according to a BBC investigation which found the number of under-20s ta...
The biblical idea of Sabbath is an ancient answer to modern anxieties, according to a new report from the Christian think tank, Theos. “Just work, Humanising the Labour market in a changin...
A group of Church of England bishops have offered their support to a legal challenge to the law relating to abortion and Down's Syndrome. The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, the Bishop of Ca...
A coalition of nearly 200 medical professionals in Scotland have aired their criticism of the proposed new assisted suicide Bill in the country. So far, 175 Scottish health care professionals from a v...
In the hours between breakfast this morning and going to sleep this evening, more than 13 Christians around the world will have been killed for their faith. That is the sobering reality being hi...
Christians and others are being encouraged to welcome a refugee or asylum-seeker into their homes as part of a new initiative. The Hospitality Pledge is being launched this evening and will work with ...
The founder of Conservative Christian Fellowship (CCF) and former aide to Boris Johnson, Tim Montgomerie, has said Matt Hancock should resign for "undermining Covid rules." Speaking to ...
The Church of England's General Synod is to hear a motion calling for titles such as Reverend to be dropped. The motion is being tabled at the July meeting by Rev James Dudley-Smith, a vicar from ...
The Catholic priest who comforted the bereaved after the Dunblane school shooting tragedy is marking 65 years since his ordination. 88-year-old Monsignor Basil O'Sullivan was among the first on th...
The founder of the human rights organisation, Hong Kong Watch, says it's only a matter of time before China clamps down further on democracy in the country. Ben Rogers was speaking to Premie...
The Reverend Richard Coles has called for an end to conversion therapy. Speaking during an excerpt for BBC programme Morning Live, the broadcaster said the practice, which attempts to change someone&#...
Politicians and policymakers should examine the work of churches and Christian action groups if they want to tackle the root causes of poverty in the UK. That is the conclusion of research led b...
The Evangelical Alliance has described the ban on singing in church as “nonsensical”. In an article on its website, Danny Webster, who is Head of Advocacy at the organisation, says t...
Bishops on both sides of the English Channel are calling for refugees to be treated with humanity and decency and provided a welcome rather than hostile reception. They've issued a statement...
There’s concern over the future for Christians in Iran after the hardliner, Ebrahim Raisi, won the country’s presidential election. Many Christians chose to boycott the voting s...
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is "deeply embarrassed" by a Twitter post from a Welsh bishop, according to The Telegraph. It says the Most Reverend Justin Welby has written to the...
A Christian women's rights campaigner says congregations need to talk openly about sexual attitudes and how women are treated in society. Natalie Collins was speaking as a government review has fo...
A health minister has been challenged over why he could sing Roll Out The Barrel in a pub, but not a hymn in church under coronavirus restrictions. Tackled in Parliament, Tory frontbencher Lord Bethel...
