A new Bishop of Carlisle won’t be appointed before 2025 after the Crown Nominations Commission failed to decide on a suitable candidate. In a statement, the Archbishop of York Most Rev Stephen C...
The Prime Minister has thanked Christians and churches for a campaign bringing hope to communities across the country. Hundreds of Shine Your Light events are being held across the UK and Ireland and ...
The Salvation Army has officially opened its new UK and Ireland Territory headquarters in south London, having sold its previous base in Elephant and Castle, in central London, in 2020. A plaque ...
The Church of Scotland is appealing to the Home Office to allow a refugee from Sudan to bring her family to the UK. The Church says Kaltouma Haroun Ibrahim is a valued member of the community at Gorba...
An English Heritage historian is challenging what we think we know about Christmas carols. Dr Michael Carter says many carols actually started out with very different tunes or no tune at all. Reveller...
A Lancashire church designed to reflect the areas maritime connections is one of 227 historic places that have been added to the National Heritage List for England in 2023. The Church of St Nicholas i...
Anglicans with traditional views on marriage say they are saddened by the Church of England’s decision to offer blessings for same sex couples in church from this Sunday. It follows a vote yeste...
The vicar of a church in east London says he is "bowled over" after parishioners raised more than £2000 to replace a collection that was stolen from the church at the weekend.&nbs...
A small part of a dead person's cremated ashes may be stored in a place that was dear to them rather than in a church or cemetery, the Vatican said on Tuesday, softening its previous stance on the...
The Church of England has announced that blessings for same-sex couples can take place within existing church services from this Sunday, 17 December. Yesterday afternoon the House of Bishops vote...
Every church hopes their Christmas carols will be well attended, but for one church in East London, it was a case of being careful what you wish for. St Peter’s Bethnal Green had to cancel its t...
A teacher has been found dead at a church in London where his pupils had performed their nativity just hours earlier. The man's body was discovered at St Matthew's church in Bayswate...
Reports from India say 42 Christians were arrested and interrogated by police at the end of November in the country's most populated state. Anti-conversion laws in the state of Uttar Pradesh have ...
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York say they 'deeply regret' flaws in the design and governance of the Church of England’s Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB). The body was disbanded...
A Conservative councillor who was accused of an alleged hate crime for supporting Christian free speech has had its case dropped by police. Earlier this year, Councillor Anthony Stevens faced legal re...
Residents in West London have been treated to a live re-enactment of the Wise Men's journey to Jesus, as thousands gathered to mark the start of Advent. Three real-life ca...
The government has doubled down on its stance to deny an exemption for clergy under new plans to lower migration levels. The proposals state that overseas skilled workers must be paid a minimum of &po...
The Parliamentary director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship says Tory MPs need to unite behind the Prime Minister, otherwise the party will suffer at the ballot box. David Burrowes spoke to Pr...
The founder and former leader of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston has announced that he is starting a new church. It comes less than two years after he resigned from Hillsong, a global megachurch with m...
Almost exactly ten years on from his first historic visit there as Prince of Wales, King Charles returned to the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in Stevenage this week. Over six hundred ...
