A week filled with headlines of violence against women has prompted fresh calls for more education in schools and church youth groups. The actions of former Met Police officer David Carrick, who...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has awarded the King of the Ashanti Kingdom an award in an in-person meeting in Ghana. Most Rev Justin Welby presented the Asantehene with the Cross of Saint Augustine &nd...
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland is urging members to donate to the relief effort In Turkey and Syria. The church has already donated funds via the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon, w...
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed an emergency field hospital, manned by dozens of volunteer doctors and nurses, to give aid to those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.&nb...
A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to more than 26 years in prison on Friday, a day after the cleric and critic of President Daniel Ortega declined to be expelled to the Unit...
Access to social media platforms has been restricted in Ethiopia, Internet watchdog NetBlocks said, following violent protests sparked by a rift within the country's Orthodox Church. The protests ...
An appeal launched by the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) for Turkey and Syria has raised £32.9 million in the first day, including £5 million matched by the UK Government thr...
LGBT+ Christians in the Church of England have “cautiously welcomed” the denomination’s latest decision to allow clergy to bless same-sex couples in long-committed relationships. Whi...
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has described the latest decision to allow blessings for couples in same-sex relationships as “a lose-lose position for everyone in the Church of...
A disqualified drink-driver who drove into another car, killing church volunteer Louis Dube, has been jailed for eleven years and four months. Ryan McElroy, 35, was three times over the limit an...
A Church of Scotland school matron who died in Auschwitz after refusing to abandon Jewish girls in her care will be honoured with a stone memorial in Edinburgh. Miss Haining trained as a Church of Sco...
Pope Francis, in a surprise move, on Thursday granted an official private audience to Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the once-powerful Vatican prelate who is on trial for corruption and embezzlement. W...
Christian humanitarian aid organisation, Samaritan's Purse, says it is sending out over 10.5-million shoebox gifts worldwide that were collected by partnering countries over Christmas. Through a p...
A Catholic priest was charged for by police “intimidating” visitors to an abortion clinic by standing nearby with a placard stating 'Praying for free speech'. Father Sean Goug...
Papal envoy and cardinal Benjamin Stella said in Havana on Wednesday a potential amnesty for prisoners jailed in Cuba following anti-government protests in July 2021 was "on the table" but t...
King Charles III will host his first ever Maundy service at York Minster. Joined by The Queen Consort, the King will meet 74 men and 74 women to thank them for their service, both to Christi...
Nigeria’s central Plateau State has seen renewed ethnic violence, ahead of crucial presidential and Assembly elections later this month. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), 5 peop...
An LGBT flag appearance during the Church of England’s General Synod has prompted an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury. As the Living in Love and Faith discussion draw to an end, a rainb...
Clergy in the Church of England will be able to host services of blessing and thanksgiving for couples in same-sex relationships, but not marry them. Under new plans, approved by the church’s le...
UPDATE: Plans for same-sex blessings have now passed at the Church of England's General Synod. More here. The Church of England’s historical debate on blessing couples in same-sex uni...
