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Ian Ogle was killed in Belfast in January and two men have appeared in court.  Mr Ogle, 45, died after being stabbed shortly after praying with a pastor near his home on Cluan Place in east Belfast ...

Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion has told Premier it is "sad" that the leader of Anglicans in Nigeria has decided to The meeting scheduled for next month i...

The secrets of a long-lost ring which belonged to a British missionary who died in Auschwitz will be revealed on national television on Sunday night. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Jane Haining's je...

There are fears rival football fans in Glasgow could be caught up in sectarian clashes today as the city's two major football clubs meet for the first time in a Celtic and Rangers are due to play eac...

Police are investigating a sectarian hate crime at a Presbyterian church in Co Antrim in Northern Ireland. White paint was thrown in the grounds, causing damage to the car park of Crumlin Presbyte...

The 12,000 UK charities created to promote religion should lose their charity status if they cannot prove another public benefit which is "tangible", secul The National Secular Society (NSS) said fa...

The Free Church of Scotland Moderator has said the Scottish Secularist Society should set up its own foodbank after it complained about a 'Christian only' job a Dundee Foodbank, which is affiliated t...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been likened by secularists to the German dictator Adolf Hitler in a spat about the value of non-religious schools. Most Rev Justin Welby was accused by the National ...

The National Secular Society (NSS) has written a formal complaint to the BBC over an episode of Radio 4's Today programme. NSS said the episode, which included an interview with Archbishop of Canterb...

The National Secular Society has submitted a fresh proposal to the Lord's Speaker's committee to remove the Bishops' Bench from the House of Lords. The group has made the recommendation to a parliame...

The Scottish Catholic Church have said that children who are removed from religious assemblies in Catholic schools may not be allowed to participate in other re Spokesperson for the Scottish Catholic...

Secularists have vowed to continue their fight against a decision to keep a swimming pool in the Outer Hebrides shut on Sundays. The message comes after a cheque for £11,400 from campaigners to fund...

Police in Northern Ireland have cordoned off a graveyard at a Catholic Church. The area at St John's Catholic Church in Coleraine, County Londonderry, was sealed off last night after a grave digger f...

An expert in church security has warned the Church of England is not sufficiently protected from terrorists and should better train staff to stop attacks. Nick Tolson, director of National Churchwatc...

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has doubled Government funding for security at mosques and other places of worship in the wake of the New Zealand attack. The amount available for religious buildings seeki...

Former prime minister Tony Blair has said the UK and other Western powers should be prepared to send ground troops to fight Islamic State (IS) extremists in Ira The militant group has persecuted tens...

The deputy director of BBC Radio, Graham Ellis, has been chosen by the pope to advise the Catholic Church on it's media and communication operations. Mr Ellis, who oversees speech and music productio...

Government claims about the success of its welfare reforms have been challenged by a senior bishop, who said many schools in his area are having to feed pupils. The need for food banks was also highl...

The Church of England's lead bishop on the environment has come out in support of a Remain vote at the EU referendum, the latest in a growing line of clergy to Bishop of Salisbury Rt Revd Nicholas H...

While the Conservatives claim victory in the General election, a number of Christian MPs have been defeated, including high profile Labour candidate Douglas Ale Mr Alexander was his party's shadow fo...