Major new research which found playing violent computer games does not make people more likely to be violent themselves has received a cautious reception from a Scientists from the Hanover Medical Sc...
Despite being mother to the Son of God, the Virgin Mary has been placed twelfth in a list of the most influential women in history. A reader poll conducted by BBC History Magazine saw Marie Curie com...
A church in South London has embraced online chat and produced sermons directly to camera. St Mildred's Church in Addiscombe launched the WOW Church (Without Walls Church) website last May.It has sho...
Alternative arrangements have been made for children in Staffordshire who feel uncomfortable on school trips to places of worship. The County Council said youngsters can opt for a virtual tour instea...
There has been a significant fall in visitor numbers at three English cathedrals which charge people more than £12 to enter, according to a new Visit England r The number of guests to Westminster Ab...
Pay rises for an estimated 180,000 workers - thanks to increases in the so-called living wage - have been welcomed by Christian groups. One Christian employer described news the rate will rise by 25p...
A Bishop has suggested older people may support proposals to ask them for a voluntary contribution towards their TV licence. The Rt Revd John Inge, the Bishop of Worcester, has been speaking as the B...
Tourists at the tallest cathedral spire in England can now take a more detailed look than ever before after a volunteer donated £5,000 for new lights. Thanks to new LED lighting, visitors to Salisbu...
A celebration of the spirit of Christmas will be held in Sunderland on Saturday, thanks to hundreds of volunteers who are preparing to sing "Ha'way in a Manger" The song at the free event will be sun...
A total of 490,063 hours were provided by volunteers at church and community night shelters last year, a report has found. The data gathered by the national Christian homeless charity, Housing Justic...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said the vote of the people must be respected and called for people to pray for "national agreement". The Most Rev Justin Welby said on social media on Wednesday it w...
A motion has been passed to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to have their say at key church meetings in Wales. After last week's Scottish independence referendum, which gave thousands of young people the c...
Members of the public are being asked to vote on what they think is the worst advent calendar currently on sale. The shipoffools.com website has been receiving entries over the last few weeks and h...
A new Christian film about people who have abandoned homosexual lifestyles will not screened in central London tonight, after a venue booking was cancelled. Producers who hired a theatre at the Vue c...
A national cinema chain has admitted that it breached the terms of a contract when it refused to allow the screening of a Christian film about people who have l Vue Cinemas, which operates almost 90 ...
The Archdeacon of Oxford has said it could be another year before his diocese gets a permanent bishop. Ven Martin Gorick says it will be September 2016 at the earliest - nearly two years since the ...
Downing Street has still not appointed a Minister of Faith despite the Prime Minister starting to re-shuffle his cabinet six days ago. The post was held by Eric Pickles until the General Election but...
The Grade 1 listed building will host five music acts as part of the city's Long Division festival Having been a venue for the same festival in 2011, the Cathedral will this time prepare a stage fo...
A Welsh bishop has total Premier silence fell over The Valleys after 144 people were killed when a waste tip from a coal mine crushed a school, 50 years ago. A minute silence has been held across the...
Gender-neutral lavatories have been installed at St Asaph Cathedral in north Wales to help ensure transgender visitors feel welcome. The nine new cubicles - which feature floor-to-ceiling doors - wer...
