Conservative MP Miriam Cates has told Premier that smartphones and social media are the biggest problem when it comes to plummeting attendance rates at schools. The number of pupils absent from school...
An advocate for victims of domestic abuse has launched a new resource for churches to help them teach young people more about healthy relationships. Sally Hope, who runs the w...
Father David fears for Nagorno-Karabakh's ancient Christian heritage following the defeat of the region's ethnic Armenian breakaway enclave by Azerbaijani forces. The 33-year-old Armenian prie...
The majority of people who identified as religious in England and Wales support legalising assisted dying, according to new figures by the pro-change group Dignity in Dying. The poll, which surveyed o...
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned "belligerent nationalisms" and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming "...
A Nicaraguan bishop who has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for “undermining national integrity” and the “propagation of false news” has been nominated for the European Pa...
A pastor working on community and police relations has urged churches to "pray consistently" for police forces rather than "waiting for a crisis". The Met Police&nbs...
A former professional badminton player has called a new initiative from Badminton England to make use of church halls to expand the game "a great opportunity for churches to serve the local commu...
A group of Oxford students which has published a report on how safe it believes LGBTQ+ students will be at each of the city's churches, has described "a gospel o...
A judge has banned a man in Oxfordshire from entering any church in England, unless he has written permission, after he systematically targeted places of worship in three counties. Christopher Coultha...
Brian Houston, the founder of the megachurch Hillsong, has disclosed plans to write a new book, sharing his personal journey after being recently cleared of criminal charges. Writing on X, formerly kn...
The founder and former leader of Soul Survivor Watford has been referred to the Home Office’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) following the outcome of a national safeguarding investigation ...
A Church of England charity has been strongly criticised by the country of Barbados. Earlier this month, United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) pledged £7m to Barbados over the next 10 to ...
Broadcaster Martha Kearney is launching a nationwide appeal for funds to repair her local church in Suffolk. St Mary the Virgin in the village of Wortham near Diss is one of 38 existing...
A bishop in Ukraine has decried the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of humanitarian aid by a drone strike on the city of Lviv as an attack on the most vulnerable. Bishop Edward Kawa who is Au...
A new report by the anti-persecution watchdog Open Doors in the United States has found that America is no longer the safe haven for displaced people that it once was. Its joint report with the evange...
Pope Francis met French President Emmanuel Macron in Marseille on Saturday (September 23) after delivering a speech where he called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterran...
The Chair of the Archbishops’ Commission on Racial Justice (ACRJ) says the Church of England has real issues around governance and data collection. Lord Paul Boateng was speaking to Premier afte...
A Catholic church in the Isle of Man has been granted cathedral status by Pope Francis. The Church of Saint Mary of the Isle located in Douglas will become the first Catholic co-cathedral in the Briti...
A Christian family have spoken of their anger at the courts after finally being able to name their daughter who died after being denied the opportunity to pursue specialist treatment abroad. Sudiksha ...
