Swiss voters on Sunday looked set to back a proposal to open civil marriage and the right to adopt children to same-sex couples, according to early indications published by Swiss broadcaster SRG. Proj...
Church of Sweden gay priest, Lars Gårdfeldt, has said he will no longer marry heterosexual couples to protest against a rule that allows all clergy within the church to refuse to marry same-sex ...
Christian leaders from around the country have signed an open letter to local authorities asking them to provide at least ten homes for refugees from Afghanistan. “If every Local Authority offer...
The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion of churches has told Premier he is “very confident” in the future of the group. The Most Revd Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon said that “As lon...
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first time, after refusing to do so for year...
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne will take a "spiritual time-out" from his duties after committing grave errors in a crisis over clerical sexual abuse, but will retain his post, the ...
'Songs Of Praise' is putting on a special episode to mark its 60th anniversary next month. The one-off programme will be filmed at Westminster Abbey and feature a message from Queen Elizabeth,...
A Christian fostering agency has lost a Court of Appeal wanting to overturn a ruling that deemed the agency "discriminatory" for its company policy of only working with heterosexual couples....
The Diocese of Oxford has condemned the actions of some clergy taking part in protests over climate change, saying they have 'frustrated many people.' In a statement issued to Premier, the Dio...
An MP is calling on the Government to step in to help repair and maintain parish churches. In a written parliamentary question, Alex Stafford, Conservative MP for Rother Valley said the cost of repair...
Heidi Crowther, the Christian campaigner who is seeking to change the law on abortion in cases of Down's Syndrome and other non-fatal disabilities, has said that she will not give up her fight, ju...
Christian charity the Bible Society has been awarded a gold medal in the best sanctuary garden category at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Titled Psalm 23, the display is inspired by the famous B...
A street preacher has complained of police heavy-handedness after 14 police officers turned up at once to speak to him about his preaching. Pastor Peter Simpson, the minister of Penn Free Methodist Ch...
The Church in Wales' decision to bless same sex marriages in church is causing many Christians to leave the Church. That's according to the Chair of the Evangelical Fellowship in Wales, which ...
Pope Francis has joked that some people in the Church hoped he would not survive his recent colon operation, and denounced vociferous conservative critics for doing "the work of the devil" b...
The Christian website Pray.com has launched a campaign that aims to raise money for farmers suffering from the drought in California. The state of California has struggled with water access in both ur...
Church of England bishops are backing calls for the leaders of the world's richest countries to halt the "hoarding" of Covid-19 vaccines while billions of people around the world have ye...
The organisation Christian Concern has issued a warning over 'cancel culture' after an Oxford university college apologised to students for hosting a Christian conference. In a statement ...
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is pleading with the international community to "wake up" to the escalating violence in Myanmar after a Baptist pastor was shot dead during military atta...
A Christian initiative is calling on protestors to stop blocking roads and take a less disruptive approach to tackling climate change. It comes as 38 environmental activists were arrested on Tuesday a...
