The UK's biggest in-person carol services have been cancelled due to coronavirus. Holy Trinity Brompton Church (HTB) and Hillsong Church London have both announced they will move their carol servi...
The BBC has announced the next Religion Editor for BBC News following a competitive recruitment process, the organisation said. Aleem Maqbool will take the lead on the BBC’s expert analysis and insi...
A church in Wales has transformed its building into the streets of Bethlehem. As part of their Christmas events, the Llay Community Church of the Nazarene in Wrexham is welcoming everyone in the commu...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has shared his thoughts on the Christmas gathering at the Conservative Party headquarters last December. Earlier this week, the Daily Mirror published a photograph showi...
A UK Barrister is asking the Prime Minister to create a clear pathway for Christians in Afghanistan to flee the country. Paul Diamond, who has represented persecuted Christians in British and Europe...
The number of Christians in England and Wales has fallen to 51 per cent of the population from the 59 per cent recorded in the 2011 Census. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...
A village in Wales has created a life-sized nativity scene, a year after the previous one was fire- bombed by vandals. The community in Raglan in Gwent rallied round to create the new pieces after t...
Faith leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury have joined forces with the government to support the booster drive in the wake of a surge of Omicron cases. The Most Rev Justin Welby joined mem...
A Catholic charity is claiming Facebook censored its ad campaign on sexual violence against religious-minority women and girls. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) alleges the social media platform put se...
Christian climate activists dressed as Christmas puddings have marched on Westminster calling on the government to deliver on climate change commitments made at the COP26 summit in November. The pud...
The Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need is calling for more action to stop the forced conversion and marriage of Christian and other minority faith women and girls. It’s handed in a petition...
An Anglican priest has been handed suspended jail terms alongside eight other Insulate Britain members following protests on the M25. Rev Sue Parfitt was given a two-month suspended sentence by Lord J...
Disability campaigners say they're deeply disappointed after a Bill in Northern Ireland which would have prevented abortion up to birth for babies with a non-fatal disability was rejected. Abortio...
The charity Christians Against Poverty says many of its clients are falling further into debt because of the scrapping of the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift in October. Its survey of 291 people f...
A vicar in Leeds is urging churches to organise welcome events for people arriving in the UK from Hong Kong as part of a government resettlement scheme. Rev Dave Young was speaking after more than 70...
A 1,900-year-old skeleton found in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire is believed to be the best physical evidence that a crucifixion occurred in Britain in Roman times. At first the skeleton, of a man aged b...
UK charity Right To Life has condemned the legalisation of 3D-printed coffin-like pods that allows people to end their life in Switzerland. “This ‘suicide machine’ is like something out of a dar...
West Midlands police have been called in to investigate the theft of a Baby Jesus from a nativity scene near Solihull. It was part of a display of Christmas lights and decorations outside the home of ...
The son of an abusive pastor has been forced to step down as the leader of a US church after a report concluded he did not disclose important information about his father’s behaviour. PJ Smyth is ...
A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily, Italy has made a public apology after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus does not exist. According to Italian news reports, in addition to denying...
