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...
Churchgoers in Wales can sing together again in person after the Welsh Government updated its guidance. Wales is the first nation in the UK to allow congregational singing to return, with the re...
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has confirmed he's standing to be the next leader of the DUP. He has had a ringside seat for the extraordinary political drama which has consumed the party in recent months. ...
A third attempt has been made to pass legislation on assisted suicide in Scotland. Liberal Democrat MP Liam McArthur is putting forward proposals for a Members Bill at Holyrood which, if passed, would...
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...
Civil weddings and partnership ceremonies will be able to take place outdoors for the first time in England and Wales from 1st July. Under current laws for approved premises such as a hotel, the legal...
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...
President Biden has attended Mass this weekend despite a vote by Catholic Bishops in the US which could see him being banned from receiving the Eucharist because of his liberal stance on abortion. Cat...
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 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...
The Bishop of London says she will continue to press the government to consider the ban on congregational singing in churches. The Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullaly, who chairs the Church of Eng...
The orphaned son of an asylum seeker who has lived under the threat of deportation for 10 years has been told he can stay permanently in the UK. 13-year-old Giorgi Kakava says he is delighted and very...
US President Joe Biden has told a Catholic priest “many serious matters” were discussed at this year’s G7 summit. He and First Lady Jill Biden attended morning Mass in Cornwall on th...
The Bishop of Truro and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in London, Archbishop Angaelos, have held a prayer breakfast to discuss how G7 leaders can stop state sponsored persecution of religious ...
The Prime Minister has been asked if he believes in God, leading to him to quote from the Psalms. Speaking on a beach in Cornwall at the G7 summit, ITV's Robert Peston asked Boris Johnson wh...
Around half of UK adults – 49 per cent or around 26 million people – visited an adult website or app in September 2020. The largest, Pornhub, was visited by around a third of online a...
The mininum age to get married could be changed to 18 to stop forced marriages, but the age of consent would not change with it. Sajid Javid MP will introduce a private member's bill next we...
The MP for St Ives, where the G7 summit is being held, says he's asked the Prime Minister for an agreement committing to progress on vaccines and climate change. Derek Thomas, who’s a Christ...
Christians in Cornwall are setting the agenda as the county hosts the G7 summit over the next few days. Speaking to Premier, the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen says that the summit is a reminder th...
