A key conference on Christian persecution is being held this week in Cornwall. Charities including CSW, Aid to the Church in Need, HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) and Release International ...
India, China and Hong Kong are among countries which have hit back at the United States' International Religious Freedom Report. The 2021 report, which was published in full this week, desc...
As celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee are held across the UK, the British Consulate in Jerusalem is marking the Queen’s reign and her faith with a special event. Diane Corne...
The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children, California state pr...
Church of England churches and cathedrals are welcoming thousands of people to events marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this weekend. From village greens to city centres, churches are hol...
The Head of the Russian Orthodox Church has been removed from a list of EU sanctions against Russia after an intervention by Hungary. At a meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels this week the Hun...
It’s understood at least 30 people were imprisoned in India during May because of their faith. According to persecution watchdog, International Christian Concern (ICC), the arrests were justifie...
St Paul’s Cathedral is holding a historic thanksgiving service to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years of service to the nation. Conducted by the Dean of St Paul’s, Very Rev David Ison, ...
Pope Francis appealed to authorities on Wednesday to lift a block on exports of wheat from Ukraine, saying the grain could not be used as a "weapon of war". Many millions of people, particul...
The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria has told reporters the church paid a ransom to secure his release. Gunmen abducted His Eminence Samuel Kanu and two other pastors on Sunday while they were ...
Church leaders across the UK have praised the Queen for her 70 years of service to the country. As celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee begin, the heads of the main Christian denominations in the UK ...
The former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and the Labour MP for East Ham will receive honours from the Queen for their political and public services. It comes as the Queens Honours List ...
Hungary was holding up the finalisation of the European Union's sanctions package against Russia on Wednesday, insisting on the removal of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill ...
Tributes have been pouring in for the recently retired Archdeacon of Lynn, Ven Ian Bentley, who passed away on Tuesday from cancer. Earlier this month, Archdeacon Ian was forced to retire after ...
Quakers have agreed to make practical reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism and economic exploitation. At an annual gathering at the Friends’ Meeting House in London,...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been forced to clarify comments he made about Prince Andrew in an interview with ITV News. Most Rev Justin Welby suggested the Prince is "seeking to make amends&q...
Pope Francis led an international prayer service for peace in Ukraine and other places stricken by war on Tuesday, sitting in his wheelchair before a statue that Romans traditionally associate with pe...
Christian social policy charity CARE says ministers would be failing in their duty of care towards vulnerable citizens if planned reforms to gambling laws are watered down. The government is due to pu...
The Christian founder of the Oasis Trust network of schools is calling for all children to be given free school meals. Rev Steve Chalke was responding to a letter to the government from teaching union...
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he would appoint 21 new cardinals in August, including an Italian leading the Church in Mongolia, again putting his stamp on the future of Catholicism. Of the 21,...
