The Church of England’s lead bishop for Sport has clarified comments made regarding cancelled services ahead of the women’s World Cup match this weekend. England will play against Spain in...
Sweden has raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam's holiest text outraged Muslims and triggered th...
Around 8,000 people have been told to leave their homes as an out of control wildfire continues to spread across Tenerife. Rev Rachel Ganney a vicar at All Saints Church Tenerife North, is also being ...
Pioneer - a network of evangelical churches across the UK - has launched a review following allegations of historic safeguarding issues within the group. A complaint was made last month...
The number of students choosing Religious Studies as an A Level subject has fallen, following warnings of a lack of teachers. Overall, the proportion of top marks handed to A-level students across Bri...
A Nicaraguan judge has ordered the confiscation of all assets belonging to a prestigious Jesuit-run university, the college announced, as the government's crackdown on Catholic clergy and church-a...
A church leader from Hove is appearing in court charged with seven counts of historic sexual abuse. 57-year-old Daniel Reed is said to have plied teenagers with alcohol before indecently assaulting th...
An Australian court on Thursday found Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston not guilty of concealing the sexual abuse his father committed against a young male in the 1970s. Australian police in 2021 ...
Around 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists went on the rampage in Pakistan. Christians from the Punjab town of Jaranwala, near Faisalabad,...
Charity Christians in Sport has announced that a 14-year-old has died at one of its residential camps in Derby. In a short statement on its website, the organisation said: "On Monday 14th August ...
The American missionary nurse who was kidnapped along with her young daughter in Haiti, has thanked supporters for their prayers. Alix Dorsainvil and her child were abducted on 27th July fro...
The Church of England has announced funding of £9.4 million for additional curate posts. It will mean almost 70 extra stipendiary curacy positions for deacons who are ordained this year. Rev Hel...
A consultation has just begun in a bid to develop fully independent safeguarding in the Church of England. It will take place over the next two months and be published by the end of December. Professo...
An ancient Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God could be moved to a US museum. Israeli officials are considering loaning the historic artefact, thought by some to be near the si...
A Catholic Sister has saved 130 disabled children from families that consider them to be born “evil”. Those born with mental and physical disabilities in northern Ghana can risk being aban...
Pop-up churches to serve Russian troops fighting in the Ukraine have been presented at the country’s annual weapons expo, Army-2023. Developed by the Russian Orthodox church, the mobile chapels ...
A week after the wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui it’s feared rescue teams could find as many as twenty bodies a day as they continue to search through the debris. 99 people ar...
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, and his wife Crown Princess Mary have taken part in the 250th anniversary of the city of Christiansfeld in Southern Jutland, Denmark, which was de...
A former special envoy to the European Union is challenging the ban on public worship in Slovakia during the Covid pandemic. Jan Figel, says the blanket ban in 2021 was disproportionate and breached r...
Jeremy Marshall, the banker and philanthropist has died following a lengthy battle with cancer. The 60 year old was surrounded by family and died peacefully on Sunday. Marshall spent his career in the...
