Two prominent Cardinals have called for Germany's Roman Catholic bishops to be put on trial in a church court, for abandoning church doctrine. It follows a decision of a synod of German bishops to...
Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to...
A Catholic girl in Pakistan, who was raped and forced to convert to Islam by her kidnapper, has spoken out about her harrowing ordeal. 14 year old Kinza Sindhu was abducted from her home in Lahore by ...
Churches in Rotherham have partnered with Church Mission Society (CMS) to set up a social supermarket - a community hub where members can do their weekly shop for three pounds. It operates through ref...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to the Pope on the tenth anniversary of Francis’ inauguration. In a statement released by Lambeth Palace, Most Rev Justin Welby said : “One of the m...
Pope Francis says he supports ‘humanitarian corridors’ to bring refugees to Italy and other European countries. He was speaking while meeting hundreds of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Rwanda a...
A Christian theology lecturer has been sacked and threatened with a counter-terrorism referral by a Methodist bible college for a tweet on human sexuality that went viral. Dr Aaron Edwards, 37, who is...
The Diocese of Portsmouth has apologised to families after removing items from graves at a church on the Isle of Wight. It follows complaints by a mother who discovered sentimental items had been rem...
The Kremlin said on Friday (March 17) that Ukraine was "illegally attacking" the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) - which until recently accepted the authority of the patriarch of Moscow - adding tha...
The Chair of charity Faith in Later Life is urging the government to do more to address the country's lack of carers. Stephen Hammersley was speaking to Premier after the latest figures show Engla...
The human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger is challenging the President of Nicaragua to prove that a Catholic Bishop imprisoned for 26 years in the country is alive. In a video posted on Twitter Ms Jag...
A star US footballer has left his social media followers in tears after videos emerged of him preaching at a maximum security prison. Quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Russell Wilson is a devout Chr...
A Uyghur Christian, Alimujiang Yimiti, from Kashgar in China’s north-west Xinjiang province has been released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence. According to Texas-based China Aid Associa...
Churches Together in England (CTE) are encouraging Christians from all traditions to join daily prayers for the King and the nation between Easter Day and May 6th. A statement released by the Presiden...
A shrine in Uganda that attracts one of the biggest annual Christian gatherings in the world holds water that is holy but not fit for consumption, according to local church authorities. Christian pilg...
An American pilot who was detained in Mozambique while working with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has been provisionally released. MAF confirmed in a statement that Ryan Koher had been granted pro...
Prominent football-player and church-going believer, Christian Atsu, is to be buried today in his native Ghana, after being killed when an earthquake hit Turkey. Atsu was found dead after the e...
For the first time in its 700-year history, a monastery in Spain will accept women and girls into its choir. The Abbey of Monserrat, home to the famous Escalonia all-boys choir, will create a new cham...
A former education union leader sitting on the panel deciding the appeal case of a Christian teaching assistant has been asked to recuse himself over a potential conflict of interest. The President...
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for "respect" of religious sites in Ukraine, as he mentioned the monastery from which the Russian-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is facing eviction. Ukraini...
