A Catholic priest in Derbyshire's caused controversy and angered parents, by telling primary school children during a sermon that Santa isn't real. Father Dennis Higgins, who's in his 80s, claimed Sa...
A Priest in Ireland has said he is "very thankful" his church wasn't damaged by Storm Eleanor which battered the island and parts of the UK. Winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour caused flooding, tr...
A priest in Liverpool's celebrated his 100th birthday and says he has no plans to retire. Fr Thomas Kennedy began ministry in Liverpool in 1943 and has now celebrated 73 years of service in the Archd...
A priest who is the uncle of a man convicted of murdering a police officer has said he can "only pray for him". Stefano Brizzi, 50, strangled the PC during a bondage sex session and tried to dispose ...
Police say a phone call was made to a parish priest after a bomb was thrown at a police car outside his church in Belfast. Officers say the device at Holy Cross Church on Crumlin Road was designed to...
A priest from County Durham who was spared jail after he admitted stealing £50,000 from his congregation has resigned. In a letter to his church seen by the Daily Mirror, Fr John Reid apologised for...
The priest who supported a Welsh community after the disappearance of a five year old girl is to be made a Canon. Revd Kath Rogers, received national attention for the ways she brought Machynlleth to...
A priest in East Sussex found guilty of fraud after he used the disability parking badge of a dead woman may face further charges. William Haymaker from Bexhill was found guilty by a jury of possessi...
A priest's expressed concerns over plans by councils nationwide to crackdown on begging, including fining homeless people. Introduced in 2014, Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) let local authorit...
A Sunderland priest has reacted with anger after it was discovered thieves who broke into his church had urinated in the holy water. Police were called to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in the city'...
A Catholic priest has launched a petition following a proposal to turn a Catholic chapel into a Muslim prayer space at North Manchester General Hospital. Father Ged Murphy, of St Patrick's and St Mal...
A teenager has been stabbed to death as he took cover in a shop in the latest killing on the streets of London. Police said the victim, believed to have been 18, was found with a stab injury in Uxbri...
Younger women view becoming a priest as an "increasingly attractive" job, according to the Church of England's representative in the Commons. Conservative former minister Dame Caroline Spelman, the...
A Sicilian priest has invited his congregation to bring their smartphones to church on Tuesday so he can bless them on the eve of the feast of St Lucy, the patr Fr Alessandro Palermo, a 30-year-old p...
Protestant clergymen from the U.S. and Canada have taken part in a religious blessing ceremony for gay couples in Cuba, where gay marriage remains illegal. According to AP, nearly two dozen gay coupl...
Irish priests are condemning artwork depicting Jesus in a bottle of urine, due to go on display at a gallery. Clergymen have spoken out after it was announced the Void Gallery in Londonderry would fe...
The recent Primates meeting discussing issues surrounding human sexuality was "spun more than Donald Trump," the Archbishop of Canterbury has claimed. In his presidential address to the Church of Eng...
Anglican Primates have suspended The Episcopal Church from full participation in the Anglican Communion for the next three years. The decision was made at the Primates meeting in Canterbury where Ang...
Here are some of the key questions around the outcome of the primates meeting in Canterbury. What caused the disagreement?The Episcopal Church - the US branch of the Anglican Church - has shown suppo...
The Prime Minister says Britain can be "very proud" of its "Christian values" in his annual Christmas speech. David Cameron acknowledged Christmas was "an important time of year for the Christian fai...
