Safeguarding at Blackburn Cathedral requires ‘urgent improvement’ according to an independent audit. The findings of the review, which was carried out as part of a rolling programme across the Church ...
Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday (July 6) by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shun...
The 7th June could have been Aiden Perry’s last day on earth if it weren’t for the necklace he happened to be wearing. The 20-year-old from Florida was only 10 feet away when his friend accidentally s...
As debates continue in the U.S. over how much religion should be permitted in schools, a recent survey from the Pew Research Center has revealed that more than half of Americans approve of teachers le...
A Mexican priest remains in critical condition after being shot four times while on his way to minister to a sick person in Villahermosa, in the south-east state of Tabasco. Father Héctor Alejandro Pé...
The bodies of eight Christians have been found in a mass grave in Colombia. The victims had been carrying out humanitarian and spiritual work in the south-central region of Calamar when they disappear...
A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care for the Earth, in the latest push by the 1.4-billion-member global Church to...
Three church leaders in China have been sentenced to prison terms of up to three years over charges widely condemned as unjust by international religious freedom groups. Pastor Li Jie, Elder Han Xiaod...
A church in Nazareth, which is built over a spring where the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce she was carrying the baby Jesus, has been attacked by a group calling themselves 'Soldie...
The Bishop of Gloucester has launched an online survey for young people to hear what they think about the prison system and what would make society a better place. The survey, which can be found on th...
Worshippers in the Highlands are coming together to try to save a church which has been a Christian presence in the region since the sixth century. Loch Insh Old Kirk in Kincraig is believed to be on ...
Gateway Church has announced it will stop holding Saturday services at most of its campuses by the end of the month, citing a need to focus on serving its congregation more effectively. The change com...
Jimmy Swaggart, a prominent American televangelist, has died at the age of 90. The preacher passed away weeks after suffering a heart attack at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 15th June. His fa...
A London-based Christian youth charity has criticised the launch of a new knife amnesty in England, announced ahead of next month’s total ban on so-called ‘ninja swords’. Speaking to Premier Christian...
Christian nuns in Mozambique have recounted a terrifying ordeal of being held at gunpoint and threatened with decapitation during an armed robbery. The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament tol...
Sixteen men were ordained to the priesthood at Notre-Dame Cathedral on June 28, marking the first ordinations at the site since the 2019 fire and restoration. The ceremony brought the largest group of...
A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs...
A coalition of Christian leaders is urging the Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBA/HR 1), warning the legislation would ...
Pastor Ara Torosian received a distressed phone call from two Iranian members of his Farsi-speaking church on Tuesday -- U.S. federal immigration officers were at their Los Angeles home to arrest them...
A new order to arrest a senior clergyman over allegations of plotting to overthrow the government triggered scuffles outside the most celebrated church in Armenia on Friday, according to Armenian news...
