A Labour MP is urging Jacob Rees-Mogg to rephrase a statement in which he refers to the “morning after pill” as a “abortifacient”. Dame Diana Johnson claims that the comment could perpetuate...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Queen “did the right thing” by sitting alone at the funeral of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. Justin Welby commended Her Majesty for her “duty, l...
Senior faith leaders in Britain, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, are voicing their support for plans to light beacons in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Members of other fait...
A priest from the Diocese of Southwark has been given an official warning after he "liked" inappropriate photos on Twitter. By clicking the like button, the images could have appeared on the timelin...
A Shropshire parish church is putting an application in for a £3.5 million pound Lottery fund to help restore two historic stain glass windows. St Laurence's Church has a fascinating history, we...
Campaigners are backing a bill designed to improve the rights of people with Down's Syndrome. The Down’s Syndrome Bill is completing its final stage through Parliament and if passed would place...
The College of Policing is being urged to adopt a 'Street Preacher's Charter' to stop more Evangelists from being arrested. In a letter, directed at the College of Policing's CEO, ch...
The Charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) say families will struggle, as energy prices increase by 54%. Energy bills for about 22 million people are due to rise by more than half in April, risin...
A church in Beachamwell, Norfolk, has been “really significantly damaged” after the thatched roof caught fire. St Mary’s Parish Church is more than 1,000-years-old; the Grade – I listed prop...
Truro Cathedral has bowed to local pressure and backed down from immediately switching off its floodlights overnight. It had planned to turn off the lights from 31st January in a bid to be more enviro...
Organisers of one of the UK's biggest Christian festivals, Spring Harvest, have cancelled one of their events this year because of a lack of bookings. In a statement on their website organisers ...
The Church Urban Fund (CUF) says ‘there is a real need for investment in our cities.’ It comes after the announcement by the government that it is going to deliver a plan to ‘level up every par...
The Right Reverend Justin Welby is to try his hand at broadcasting in a new weekly radio show for the BBC. The Archbishop of Canterbury will be interviewing the likes of Tony Blair and Stephen King as...
A plan - which aims to close the gap between rich and poor parts of the UK - has been set out by the government. The Secretary for Levelling Up, Michael Gove has admitted people in some areas have bee...
An investigation has been launched into a church in Sheffield following claims it performed a 'homosexual exorcism' on a former member. Matthew Drapper, who attended St Thomas' Philadelphi...
New quarterly London figures reveal one in three rough sleepers are under 35 and the Salvation Army is warning that ‘many young people are on the cliff of homelessness.’ The Combined Homelessness ...
A new report has revealed that the majority of LGBT+ Christians don’t feel comfortable in churches. Research found that more than two thirds of LGBT+ Christians do not feel “safe to be themselves�...
A Christian MP says he has given himself until Friday to decide whether to submit a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister. Sir Gary Streeter, who is the Conservative MP for South West Devon is...
A church in Wales is repeatedly spending thousands of pounds and claiming on their insurance for damage that HGV lorry drivers are causing to their site. St Tudor's church in Mynyddislwyn, Caerphi...
Rev Malayil Lukose Varghese Muthalaly has become the youngest bishop in the Church of England, at the age of 42. The Indian born priest also known as Saju was consecrated at London's St Paul's...
