Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, joined seven other religious leaders in supporting a Private Member’s Bill on assisted dying. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of ...
Kemi Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, has been appointed as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final vote. At 44, Badenoch’s win not only puts her at the for...
As buffer zones are introduced around abortion clinics in England and Wales, the Crown Prosecution Service has issued guidance stating that silent prayer will not be automatically criminalised, but wi...
An MP has said that religious pro-life activists must pray "150 metres away" from abortion providers, as 'buffer zones' come into force across England and Wales. The 'safe zones' hav...
Over 1000 Christian leaders have come out in endorsement of vice president Kamala Harris, according to CNN. The collective backing includes prominent figures such as Rev William J. Barber II from Nor...
David Amess’ daughter says her Catholic faith is the reason she has been able to process her father’s murder, as she criticises the anti-terror programme Prevent for “failing upon failing”. K...
Opposition to the assisted dying bill is building in Parliament, with concerns raised by health and justice officials and some MPs about the pace of the legislation. According to The Guardian, a sign...
The Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth has told his parishioners that the ideology behind assisted suicide is the same as Nazism. In a pastoral letter read out at Mass across churches and chapels today, R...
The Health Secretary has met a group of nurses who are calling for the government to do whatever is necessary to ensure women have access to single-sex changing rooms and toilets. The five Darlingto...
Efforts to make the Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) a permanent role are ongoing. Jim Shannon, MP for Strangford, has introduced a Private Member's Bill (PMB) that would le...
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 bill to improve the gender balance of bishops in the House of Lords has cleared the upper chamber and will now head to the Commons. The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension Bill) aims to incr...
Franklin Graham prayed “that President Trump will win this election” at a recent gathering of church leaders. Speaking at the 11th Hour Faith Leaders Meeting in North Carolina, the son of the pro...
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...
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 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...
The UK government is facing criticism from Christian charities for failing to prioritise religious freedom, particularly in the absence of a replacement for Fiona Bruce as the Prime Minister’s Speci...
