Roman Catholic Bishops in Nigeria are warning that the nation is “standing at the edge of a dangerous precipice” following presidential elections this week. They are calling on Nigerians t...
Franklin Graham has been welcomed to Vietnam by the heads of state in a landmark visit. Rev Graham, CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has met Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister L...
A TV show in Australia has issued a lengthy apology after a comedian guest made an off-colour joke about Jesus. Comedian Reuben Kaye, who describes himself as "loud, politically active, queer and...
Doctors are warning of a terrifying epidemic after a 50 per cent rise in the number of young people in England using nitrous oxide - or laughing gas - to give them a high. Users claim it can be as eas...
Pope Francis has moved to eliminate free rent for cardinals and subsidized rents for other senior Vatican officials, saying they too have to contribute to cost savings. The new rules...
Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani has been released from prison and is to rejoin his family. The decision comes as protests continue in the Islamic country against hijab-wearing, alongside a rem...
Christians are being urged to join in a period of prayer for The King, The Queen Consort and the Royal Family ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III. As part of a set of new resources ahead of th...
One of the biggest evangelical networks of churches in the UK has announced its new national leader. Having worked for the organisation for several years, Rev Rich Johnson will take the role in April....
Nearly two thirds of voters would support a Muslim holding a top government position, while one in five said an evangelical Christian should not be allowed to go for the job, according to a recen...
A study looking at the kinds of support black female victims of domestic abuse receive from their churches has revealed that in some churches the tendency can be to protect the abuser rather than...
Russia's invasion. According to persecution charity, Release International, evangelical pastors are being arrested by Russian forces on grounds they are 'spies' acting for Washington. Andr...
Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega has banned all religious processions during Lent and Holy Week, according to Vatican News. The agency reports that it understands all processions of ...
Claims by a BBC Panorama programme broadcast this week that an investigation had found that “women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the ...
Attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish a consistently safe culture in the Church of England have been undermined because the public believes there’s a lack of consistency and foll...
Bestselling cookery writer and owner of Norwich football club, Delia Smith, has spoken of her admiration for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and also of what the Church and football have in co...
St Helen's Bishopsgate has announced it will no longer accept episcopal oversight from the Church of England's House of Bishops. In a video announcement, Rev William Taylor explained it is in ...
Pope Francis will make an official visit to Hungary April 28-30, the Vatican said on Monday. He will spend all three days in the capital, Budapest, a programme released by the Vatican showed. Francis,...
An East Midlands cathedral has become the first in Church of England history to have an all-female clergy team. Rev Canon Karen Rooms has become the acting dean of Leicester, leading a team of four ot...
People should remember the individual stories of asylum seekers before rushing to judge, according to the Public Issues Enabler for the Baptist Union. Rev Steve Tinning was speaking to Premier after d...
A year on from the start of the war in Ukraine, a Christian charity has said the needs of the country have changed from the early days of the invasion. The western world watched in horror as Rus...
