Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the Roman Catholic Church initially tried to cover up. The pope praised what he called the &quo...
A pastor in Iran has returned to prison to begin a five year sentence, having been found guilty of spreading propaganda against Iran, a move described as amounting to a criminalisation of Christianity...
The Queen has approved the appointment of Rev Malayil Lukose Varghese Muthalaly (known as Saju) as the next Bishop of Loughborough. The announcement marks a significant moment in the life of the clerg...
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he's held talks with bishops in Ghana who are supporting a bill to criminalise homsexuality. Their backing of new legislation has drawn widespread criticism acros...
It has been reported a pastor has been injured and his son killed during a shooting in Haiti earlier this month. According to the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Port-au-Prince, where he worked,&n...
Clad in elaborate priestly garments, volunteer models strode down the runway to organ music in the Cathedral of the Belgian city of Tournai. The unusual show on Wednesday organised by the cathedral, i...
Pope Francis said on Friday that the world had become deaf to the plight of the poor and condemned those who become disproportionately rich while blaming the needy for their own fate. Francis travelle...
Prince Edward will formally open the Church of England’s assembly meeting instead of the Queen at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday. The Queen usually attends the inauguration of General Synod every ...
The Queen has sent a message of support to Coptic Christians at the annual Coptic New Year service in London. In a statement read at St Margaret's Church in Westminster, the Queen said it was an &...
The Bible app YouVersion is rejoicing in 500 million installs but says they are not done yet. The current figure is at 500,171,744 downloads and the company said of its success: &ldqu...
A group of students in Egypt has been asked to remove Christian jewellery by their headmaster and several teachers, according to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). I...
As millions of people stand to remember the fallen on Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday, the newly-appointed Bishop to the Forces says he was inspired in his faith by his Grandfather who found God ...
A Christian MP has hit back after a government minister accused him and a colleague of 'poor behaviour' on a recent parliamentary trip to Gibraltar. David Linden, who speaks openly about his f...
The religious freedom charity Open Doors is calling on tech company Apple to speak out against "blatant religious discrimination" after a Bible app was taken down from its Apple Store. The O...
A High Court has granted permission for a judicial review of the government's decision to drop rules around age verification on pornography sites. Earlier this year, a Christian campaigner a...
A Chinese pastor has been granted his first visit from his wife, since being incarcerated three years ago. Pastor Wang Yi from the Sichuan Province was detained in December 2018 along with over 100 me...
A Methodist pastor in Germany has been sentenced to two years' probation and a fine of $1,500 (£1,110) for providing church asylum to an Iranian immigrant. Pastor Stefan Schörk was issu...
The TV presenter Kate Garraway says she believes in the power of prayer and is holding on to the hope of a miracle. The 54-year-old was visiting a church for the first time since her husband, De...
A new project is planning to regenerate 15 per cent of the UK's church land in a bid to cut carbon emissions. According to Christian conservation charity A Rocha, approximately 500,000 acres of la...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick have agreed to work together to establish a joint group to study the access given or refused to Catholic priests at...
