A sculpture of a "homeless Jesus" is set to find refuge in Westminster. It's going to be installed inside the entrance of Methodist Central Hall - two years after the council rejected an application ...
Sinéad O'Connor says she has converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt after concluding that all other religions are based on "redundant" text The Irish performer, who was ordained ...
A Catholic priest has been jailed for nine years and 11 months after being found guilty of abusing six children in the 1970s. Francis McDermott, 75, abused six victims, some as young as 10, in London...
The mother of Claudia Lawrence says she will never give up hope of discovering what happened to her daughter, exactly ten years since her disappearance. Joan Lawrence spoke ahead of a service at York...
Sir Paul McCartney has told of his belief in a "higher" entity - and says he once came face-to-face with God. The Beatles star said the experience - which came after he had taken drugs - had given h...
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has vowed to protect the view of St Paul's Cathedral from being obstructed by new skyscrapers. The politician has promised to introduce a wider consultation process b...
Mike Overd, a street preacher, has been released again by the police after he was accused of anti-social behaviour. This time, he failed in January to leave Bridgwater town centre in Somerset after p...
Sir Cliff Richard says he has "got rid of a painful side" of his life and moved on, three months after he won a High Court privacy battle against the BBC. The Christian entertainer also echoed his ca...
On the 25th anniversary of women priests in the Church of England, Bishop Libby has spoken to Premier about her calling and the future of women in the church. The legislation to allow women priests w...
Esteemed hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty have been given the Freedom of the Borough of Lisburn and Castlereagh this week. Kristyn Getty, together with her husband Keith - best known for writing...
The Government's Faith Minister says it has been "inspirational" to see how churches in Brighton are positively impacting lives. Lord Bourne met with volunteers helping rough sleepers during a visit ...
A number of MPs have called for parliament to recognise the power of prayer. Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon, who is a Christian, tabled an early day motion (EDM), which formally called for Westmins...
A Bristol church is holding the first ever "Heavy Metal Mass" service the day before Halloween. The service aims to attract those who are interested in heavy metal music. It has been described as a "...
As Cathedrals install fun activities to draw people in, the loud circus slide at Norwich Cathedral gets criticism for being a step too far. Rochester Cathedral in Kent opened its nine-hole crazy golf...
Hereford Cathedral will celebrate a newly recreated trail on Saturday which retraces a pilgrimage made by a medieval outlaw and the lord who tried to have him e The St Thomas Way from Swansea to Here...
As the hunt for the jogger nicknamed the 'Putney Pusher' continues, the bus driver involved thanked God that he avoided hitting the jogger's victim by a few inc Speaking to The Sunday Times for the f...
A heroin addict has been handed a 15-year prison sentence for killing a 100-year-old Christian widow in a street robbery. Artur Waszkiewicz attacked Nazi prison camp survivor Zofija Kaczan from behi...
The High Court's ruled the Education Secretary made "an error of law" when she left "non-religious world views" out of the new religious studies GCSE. Nicky Morgan had 'breached' her duty to 'take ca...
The number of pupils studying GCSE Religious Education in England and Wales is at its highest level since 2002. There were 284,057 entries on the full course this year, up 0.1% on 2015.The rise comes...
Low footfall is forcing the closure of a Christian bookshop which was been serving communities across the Scottish Highlands for approximately 40 years. It is not yet clear exactly when the CLC (Chri...
