The Church of Scotland has set a target to have net zero carbon emissions by 2030. This means aiming to balance out the amount of carbon dioxide the Church is producing by offsetting it by other...
A study into the impact of communal singing on the spread of coronavirus among faith groups will take place this year. Singing is currently not allowed in church because of the increased risk of...
Christian charity Transforming Lives for Good says the lockdwon has produced many new challenges for children and their families, on top of problems which the Children's Commissioner highighted be...
The resident cat of Southwark Cathedral in London, Doorkins Magnificat, has died and the Cathedral will hold a thanksgiving service. Doorkins was a local cat with a social media following of ove...
A baby girl who was born on the original date for the 40th London Marathon will complete the 26.2 miles on Sunday with her father pushing her in a buggy. Jimmy Dale, the Church of England's Nation...
The Dean-designate of Bristol, Reverend Canon Dr. Mandy Ford, has told Premier it is too early to say whether a stained glass window, linked to the slave trader Edward Colston, will be removed fr...
A church in Dorchester has temporarily covered a plaque commemorating plantation owner John Gordon. St Peter´s Council decided to remove the stone in a vote last month after campaigners raised c...
A federal appeals court in the US state of California has upheld a ban on indoor worship gatherings. In a 2-1 ruling, the majority of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed that California...
Christian public policy charity CARE NI has received the support of the DUP for help to be provided to places of worship which are at risk of being attacked in Northern Ireland. This included support ...
The Vatican may have been "swindled" by pervious property investment advisors, the city-state's chief finance minister has revealed. Jesuit Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, head of...
A former BBC presenter and pastor has been jailed for 10 years and four months after he confessed to his "dark secret" as a prolific sex abuser. Benjamin Thomas, who worked on Wales Today an...
A Chinese Christian bookseller has been sentenced to seven years behind bars. Chen Yu, from the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, was charged with “illegal business operations” on ...
Churches in Exeter have united to reach out to university students under a local lockdown. Students at Exeter University are not currently permitted to meet indoors with anyone who is not in their own...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Durham have urged the government to extend free school meals in a bid to help families avoid a Christmas marked by financial hardship. Ar...
Rt Rev Paul Butler, the Bishop of Durham, and Rt Rev Christopher Foster, the Bishop of Portsmouth, and Christian charities are among the 50 signatories that have written to the Chancellor Ri...
The Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong says he was unable to secure a meeting with Pope Francis after travelling to Rome to express his concerns about the renewal of a secretive agreement between the Vatica...
A mosaic that shows St Jerome with a laptop has been unveiled in St John´s Catholic Cathedral in Portsmouth. In the artwork, the books of St Jerome blend into a computer keyboard. The combi...
Sixty-five per cent of Protestants church leaders in the United States think the Presidential election will not divide their congregation. Around 475 senior and executive pastors, weighted ...
Evangelical megachurch Hillsong has apologised after tweeting out a politically-charged message during the first US Presidental debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Bi...
A church in Wales has knitted over 400 hats for premature babies born during the coronavirus lockdown. The Knit ‘n Natter group from the parish of Merthyr Tydfil, St David and Abercanaid continu...
