An unholy row has been brewing in the Cornish town of St Austell after a statue called the Earth Goddess was put up in the town centre. It's nearly 12 metres tall and brightly coloured, but it...
A US couple on their first date have been charged with burglary after police said they walked into an unlocked church, just to play its piano. Sebastian Spencer and Danielle Salvato both bonded quickl...
Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria's oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road trave...
Advocates for Civil rights says new Texas law is "imposing religion"Â on children by distributing "In God We Trust" posters in Texas schools. The state law, that took effect last year, requires all ele...
A faith-based legal advocacy organisation has released a new documentary sharing the story of a Christian couple who escaped persecution in Pakistan. Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel, were accused...
The Bishop of Burnley says he fears a "Winter of destitution" unless action is taken to mitigate the effects of the energy price cap increase. The new price cap is due to be announced on Friday and i...
Pope Francis on Sunday called for an "open and sincere" dialogue to resolve a stand-off between the Church and government in Nicaragua, following the arrest of a bishop who is a leading critic of Pres...
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) have called on Christians to hold a day of prayer in order to see an end to the war in Ukraine. The groups are asking for e...
A church congregation in the US state of Tennessee is mourning the loss of a five-year-old boy who they had seen getting baptised the day before he was killed. Following his baptism on Sunday, LaVonte...
A Nicaraguan bishop who has been under house arrest since the beginning of the month for criticising the country’s government has been taken into custody. On Friday, heavily armed police forces entere...
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East has condemned a ‘shocking’ attack on an Anglican church located in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. In a statement, Archbishop of the Episcopal...
Students at The Keller Independent School District (ISD) in Texas, US, will no longer be able to find the Bible and a version of Anne Frank's dairy in their classrooms and libraries. It's aft...
The Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic community has thanked the people of Scotland for "warmly welcoming" thousands of people who fled the war between Russia and Ukraine. Rt Rev Kenneth Nowakowski stat...
The national director of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need is calling on the next Conservative party leader and Prime Minister to put safeguarding freedom of religion or belief high on th...
The Church of England's lead Bishop for Safeguarding says the church still has "much more work to do to get safeguarding right." Rt Rev Jonathan Gibbs was speaking after the Independent Inquiry in...
Andy Wood, Rick Warren's choice to succeed him as lead pastor of Saddleback Church, has apologised for inviting Mark Driscoll to a leadership conference. The incoming pastor of Saddleback church i...
Catholic bishops in Spain are the latest church leaders to voice their support to Catholic clergy in Nicaragua. The government of the Central-American country has been recently criticised by bishops a...
Pope Francis has decided there is not sufficient evidence to open a Church investigation into Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations of sexual assault, the Vatican said in a statement on Thur...
Firefighters battling a "monster" wildfire are "waiting for God' to help them. The blaze broke out in the South of France; now countries across Europe are sending firefighters to help. Forces are...
Apology issued by Missouri pastor who said his congregation were 'poor, broke, busted' for not buying him expensive watch (AC)Â A Missouri pastor from Kansas City who said his congregation was...
