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...
The man responsible for £6.7 billion of Church of England investments has received his knighthood from William, Prince of Wales. Sir Andreas Whittam Smith has been First Church Estates Commissioner ...
Civil servants are too scared to reveal their faith in case they are seen as being biased, a senior Church of England official has warned. William Nye, the General Synod's new General Secretary, said...
Coptic Orthodox Bishop of London, Archbishop Angaelos has expressed sadness over a church shooting in Cairo, Egypt  that killed 10 people on Friday. & Sad that times of joy and rejoicing with loved...
A church in Devon is coming under fire from a senior Hindu figure for not allowing yoga classes to take place in St Mary's Church in Bilton, Barnstable. The President of the Universal Society of H...
A church leader in Jerusalem told Premier US President Donald Trump has added more fuel to the fire after he announced plans to move the US embassy in Israel fr On Thursday clashes between Palestinia...
A number of senior MPs and peers are calling for a public apology from the cinema chains which have refused to screen an advert featuring the Lord's Prayer. An open letter has been sent to Cineworld,...
The Archbishop of York has praised England's football team despite them being knocked out of the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup. The Lionesses suffered heartbreak after conceded a goal in injur...
The sentencing of a man who admitted going on a wrecking spree at a church in Warwickshire has been postponed. Colin Sheach, 50, had been due to find out his fate after he admitted criminal damage an...
The Christian head of a sexual abuse survivors organisation has described a decision to hand a religious education and ethics teacher who had sex with a pupil a Stuart Kerner, 44, from Kent, received...
Fegans, a Christian children's group, has launched a free online resource for parents who have separated. In honour of Family Mediation Week, the organisation has partnered with Wells Family Mediatio...
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh smile as they stand side by side in the first of a new series of portraits to mark their 70th wedding anniversary. The photographs, taken by British photographer M...
For the first time, the final of the Sermon of the Year is an all female line-up. Corinne Broughton, Rebecca Coatsworth, Lydia Lee and Esther Longe will preach in front of a live audience and the vie...
A service has been held at Blackburn Cathedral to celebrate the long-serving Bishop of Lancaster Rt Rev Geoff Pearson (pictured above, right) ahead of his retir Friends, family and well-wishers atten...
People of all faiths are being invited to a service for peace in London this weekend. The event at All Saints Church in Peckham has been organised by Christian youth charity XLP.Prayers will be said ...
