The Church of England has appointed its first transgender archdeacon. Rev Canon Rachel Mann has been made Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford, having ministered in the Diocese of Manchester for the last ...
The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday, after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities sa...
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has rejected criminalising consensual homosexual behaviour following the implementation of Uganda’s harsh anti-LGBT+ policy – a law that ha...
The investigation looking into the Church of England's handling of abuse allegations against John Smyth is moving forward after a months-long "logjam". The investigation is “now ab...
Recommendations first set out in a Foreign Office commissioned review into threats to Christians around the world have been adopted by the UN Security Council for the first time. It was tabled by the ...
The West African nation of Mali stands at a momentous crossroads this weekend, with the future freedom of its Christians at stake, according to Malian Christian pastors. On Sunday (18 June) the nation...
The plight of persecuted Christians around the world is to be given particular attention by Italy, after the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, established a new ro...
The families of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks this week have delivered grace-filled addresses at vigils in front of hundreds of people. 19-year-old students Grace O’Malley-Ku...
Pope Francis has been discharged from hospital, nine days after he underwent surgery to repair an abdominal hernia which was said to have developed painful scarring. Francis, 86, left Rome's Gemel...
Pope Francis has ordered Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the private secretary and long-time aide of the late Pope Benedict, to return to his native Germany by the end of the month without ...
A Slovenian priest, who is one of the Catholic world’s most celebrated artists, has been expelled from the Jesuit order following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses agains...
A potential major advance has been claimed by scientists who say they have created "synthetic" human embryos without the need for eggs or sperm. But it has come in for criticism. The work of...
The Catholic Bishop’s Conference for England and Wales has announced the former Anglican Bishop of Monmouth, Rt Rev Richard Pain, has been received into the Catholic Church. In a statement, the ...
The Church of England has been told a change in its stance on same-sex marriage would impact its falling congregation numbers. Speaking in Parliament, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw told Second Church States ...
According to the United Nations (UN), between one and ten per cent of the world's aged population may be suffering abuse and says the issue is going under-reported. As the number of elderly people...
At least 79 people have died after their fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece. More than 100 were rescued but officials fear hundreds more migrants may have been on board. Teleri Jardine who ...
The president and vice-president of the Methodist Conference are facing separate investigations over their handling of safeguarding allegations within the Church. While little detail has been revealed...
A bus company in Poland has agreed to change the number of the route going to the town of Hel, after years of complaints from religious groups who said it matched the number used in the Bible for...
A Christian in Pakistan has been sentenced to hang on blasphemy charges, after receiving a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Noman Masih was arrested in 2019, and the trial ended in January, but it too...
The Archbishop of Uganda has criticised Most Rev Justin Welby’s recent condemnation of the country's new anti-homosexuality law. On Friday, Most Rev Stephen Kaziimba hit out at Archbish...
