A chaplain currently working at an Anglican church in Denmark is to become the next Bishop of Huddersfield. Downing Street announced the appointment of Rev Canon Smitha Prasadam this morning. She...
The state of New York has agreed to pay $250,000 to a Christian adoption agency after trying to shut it down for its religious beliefs. The settlement ensures that New Hope Family Services c...
The family of co-founder of Youth With a Mission (YWAM), Loren Cunningham, has announced he is living with Stage 4 cancer. In a message posted on Facebook, his wife Darlene said their priority wa...
Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s new legislative proposals to tackle migrant numbers crossing the English Channel have brought both condemnation and support from Christian commentators. The Ill...
One of the great symbols of Paris, the Notre Dame cathedral, is to reopen to visitors at the end of 2024 - less than six years after a fire ravaged the roof, according to French officials. The fi...
Fr Jacques Mourad, a Jesuit priest who was held captive by ISIS for five months in 2015, has been consecrated as the next Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Homs. Accompanied by dozens of other church lead...
Pope Francis on Sunday called on authorities to stop human traffickers operating in the Mediterranean, as he expressed his sorrow over last week's migrant boat disaster off Italy's Calabrian c...
An article discussing salvation and the Church in the context of sexual intimacy has been taken down from the website of The Gospel Coalition (TGC), a union of evangelical and reformed churches l...
Portugal's Catholic Church announced a handful of steps on Friday to tackle child sexual abuse within the Church - but it said suspected priests still in active roles would not be suspended unless...
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney has invited the boss of an Australian TV show to church after it allowed a guest to make an offensive joke about Jesus. In a letter to the channel, Archbishop A...
After fleeing Communist persecution three years ago, sixty-four members of China's Shenzhen Reformed Holy Church, also known as the Mayflower Church, remain in hiding in Thailand. They fear captur...
The Archdeacon of Manchester is urging people to pray for the bereaved families – and the security services – after the final report into the Manchester Arena bombing revealed MI5 failings...
The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have released a new statement calling for de-escalation and a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It comes in the wake of the la...
Roman Catholic Bishops in Nigeria are warning that the nation is “standing at the edge of a dangerous precipice” following presidential elections this week. They are calling on Nigerians t...
Franklin Graham has been welcomed to Vietnam by the heads of state in a landmark visit. Rev Graham, CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has met Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister L...
A TV show in Australia has issued a lengthy apology after a comedian guest made an off-colour joke about Jesus. Comedian Reuben Kaye, who describes himself as "loud, politically active, queer and...
Doctors are warning of a terrifying epidemic after a 50 per cent rise in the number of young people in England using nitrous oxide - or laughing gas - to give them a high. Users claim it can be as eas...
Pope Francis has moved to eliminate free rent for cardinals and subsidized rents for other senior Vatican officials, saying they too have to contribute to cost savings. The new rules...
Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani has been released from prison and is to rejoin his family. The decision comes as protests continue in the Islamic country against hijab-wearing, alongside a rem...
A study looking at the kinds of support black female victims of domestic abuse receive from their churches has revealed that in some churches the tendency can be to protect the abuser rather than...
