The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland has expressed frustration over the Scottish government's decision to issue a blanket-wide ban on church services as part of its newly-instituted na...
Leave up Christmas decorations and keep the halls decked with boughs of holly until February to bring cheer in the dark winter months, English Heritage has said. The charity is appealing to the public...
An entire congregation in Stafford has been forced to self-isolate after a single church member tested positive for Covid-19. St Austin's Catholic Church was informed of the infection after holdi...
MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested and charged after an alleged breach of coronavirus rules. The 60-year-old had the SNP whip removed last year after it emerged she made a trip from Glasgow to the ...
Church leaders have welcomed permission for communal worship under England's new lockdown, but some have urged people to take "tremendous care" and advised those shielding to stay at home. Accordi...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that all places of worship will be banned from hosting physical gatherings for the whole of January as part of a national lockdown. The only in person serv...
A gun has been discovered near the front steps of a Manchester Baptist church. The weapon, along with several bullets, was found by a member of the public at 6.30 am on Saturday January 2nd outside ...
The death of Nora Quoirin, a church-going French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort after she vanished while on holiday, was most likely due to misadventure, a coroner ...
Police are trying to identify the “reckless” organiser of an unlicensed music event on New Year’s Eve during in which hundreds of revellers trashed a 500-year-old church in Essex. Members of the...
A neurologist who is also a priest has been criticised by a judge after giving evidence about the condition of a middle-aged Catholic man at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute. Mr Justice ...
A new study from YouGov indicates that those in their late teens and early twenties (Generation Z) are more likely to believe in God than millennials in their late twenties and thirties. The study po...
Despite a national decline in religious observance, most Brits continue to see Britain as a Christian country, a new study has found. YouGov found that while most British people celebrate Easter and...
Fear, anxiety, grief and long-term mental health problems have been among the main issues raised by those who called Premier's helpline this year. As the pandemic hit and lockdown began, the numbe...
The founder of the largest independent faith-based safeguarding charity in the UK has been awarded an MBE for services to safeguarding the vulnerable. David Pearson led Thirtyone:eight (known previous...
Sir Anthony Hopkins shared an uplifting message on social media while reflecting on 45 years of being sober. The Oscar-winning actor, 82, battled alcoholism during his early career, going teetotal fol...
The humble coffee bean is being used in Glasgow as a tool for rehabilitation, mentoring, employability and community. Pastor James Faddes, 47, of Bishopbriggs Community Church set up a coffee company ...
Hope Virgo, a Christian mental health campaigner, has urged Christians to pray for “service provision” as new data reveals a sharp rise in the number of eating disorder cases. Speaking to Premier,...
The "model" life of St Thomas Becket has been recalled by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the 850th anniversary of his brutal murder. Becket was cut down by knights loyal to King Henry II on December ...
The world has been battered by a series of billion-pound disasters linked to climate change from wildfires to storms this year, a report has warned. Aid agency Christian Aid has identified 10 major cl...
The Scottish Catholic Church is warning against home abortions. As a result of the covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish government had allowed women to terminate their pregnancy at home with two pills if i...
