A Church of England charity has been strongly criticised by the country of Barbados. Earlier this month, United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) pledged £7m to Barbados over the next 10 to 15 ye...
Broadcaster Martha Kearney is launching a nationwide appeal for funds to repair her local church in Suffolk. St Mary the Virgin in the village of Wortham near Diss is one of 38 existing round-tower...
A bishop in Ukraine has decried the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of humanitarian aid by a drone strike on the city of Lviv as an attack on the most vulnerable. Bishop Edward Kawa who is Au...
A new report by the anti-persecution watchdog Open Doors in the United States has found that America is no longer the safe haven for displaced people that it once was. Its joint report with the evange...
Pope Francis met French President Emmanuel Macron in Marseille on Saturday (September 23) after delivering a speech where he called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean,...
The Chair of the Archbishops’ Commission on Racial Justice (ACRJ) says the Church of England has real issues around governance and data collection. Lord Paul Boateng was speaking to Premier after th...
A Catholic church in the Isle of Man has been granted cathedral status by Pope Francis. The Church of Saint Mary of the Isle located in Douglas will become the first Catholic co-cathedral in the Briti...
A Christian family have spoken of their anger at the courts after finally being able to name their daughter who died after being denied the opportunity to pursue specialist treatment abroad. Sudiksha ...
The papal ambassador to Slovakia has gone viral on social media in Italy after wearing a leopard print chasuble to celebrate Mass. Archbishop Nicola Girasoli who is 66, wore the garment at a special s...
Pope Francis said on Friday (September 22) it was the "duty of humanity" to rescue migrants drowning at sea during a visit to Marseille. Francis, 86, spoke at an inter-religious prayer service before ...
Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak to raise the violence in the Indian state of Manipur with his counterpart Narendra Modi. During a parliamentary debate on freedom of religion and belief, the Democr...
Hundreds of European church leaders have committed to train and equip 100,000 new pastors in the next seven years. They made the announcement as the FINISH Europe Summit came to an end in Zurich, S...
A much-needed humanitarian convoy arrived on Friday to ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, who have effectively been living under siege for more than nine months. Trucks were seen on the road...
A prominent bishop in the United Methodist Church is becoming the first ever to face a church trial this week. She's being charged on multiple charges of harassment and financial wrongdoing. If...
In a display of defiance against the conservative Archbishop of Cologne, several Catholic priests have blessed same-sex couples outside Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The protest followed criticism by ...
The director of safety at a church in California had told a podcast he's working with technology experts on a software that will detect guns onsite. Matt Montana told the 'Higher Ground With B...
Two bishops from mainland China are due to attend a major Vatican meeting next month, officials said on Thursday, a positive sign after recent tensions between the Holy See and Beijing. The two bishop...
Thousands of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday gathered at the airport where some Russian peacekeepers are based, after separatist forces agreed to a ceasefire, surrendering the territory t...
A surprise attack by the army of Azerbaijan forced a delegation from the World Council of Churches to abandon part of its planned visit to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday. The territory has been at the...
As world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Pope Francis appeared by videoconference in an unlikely pairing with former President Bill Clinton. The side event was c...
