St Patrick’s Parish in Belfast has been left with just one priest for the first time in its 200-year history. Previous years have seen six vicars serving in the city-centre parish. Since 2022, Fr Eu...
Donald Trump has claimed that Jesus would help him win the election count in California if he "came down and was the vote counter". In an interview with Phil McGraw, better known as 'Dr Phil',...
A teary-eyed Katie Hopkins has criticised the Churches Conservation Trust for cancelling a show she was due to hold at St Nicholas’ Chapel in King's Lynn. The live event is believed to have sold...
A man accused of plotting to kill a lawyer has claimed he was suffering from delusions and believed he was "evil Jesus" exposing organised crime, a court has heard. Martin Ready, 41, is on trial at th...
An arson attack on a church in east Belfast is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). A flammable substance was set alight and thrown i...
The Bishop of Barking has criticised the UK government’s response to unsafe cladding as “deeply unsatisfactory”, after a major fire broke out at a tower block in Dagenham, East London, on Bank H...
Christian organisation Ekklesia has announced it will cease operating as a religious think tank and news provider from 2nd September. In a statement on Saturday, the network said insufficient resource...
A Church of England covenant has blocked plans to convert a former church in Stoke-on-Trent into a mosque. Despite the local council’s approval to convert St John’s Church in Hanley into a mosque ...
A group of wheelchair users and roller skaters from the UK-based sports club Wheels and Wheelchairs are taking on a demanding five-day challenge, skating from Brighton to Paris to coincide with the st...
Christian Aid, in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast, has released a 56-page booklet focused on "Queering the women, peace, and security agenda." The booklet advocates for incorporating...
The Church of England's bishop for prisons, the Right Rev Rachel Treweek, has called for a stronger focus on rehabilitation for inmates following recent unrest across the UK. In an interview with...
Legalising assisted suicide in Scotland could undermine the value of human life and pose serious risks to vulnerable individuals, a committee has been warned. Christian charity CARE for Scotland expre...
Nearly half of the universities ranked in the UK’s top ten for student satisfaction this year are part of the Cathedrals Group, as firt reported by The Church Times. The national student survey, und...
Religious Education (RE) subject leaders have issued a strong appeal to the new Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson MP, calling for urgent action to address what they describe as the "most neglect...
Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Church in London has told Premier he believes Christians are called to advocate for all persecuted religions, as well as their fellow Christians. It comes as the Cop...
The Bishop of Gloucester has called for the criminal justice system to be more creative when handing down sentences. Rt Rev Rachel Treweek was speaking in the light of the recent disorder in England a...
Patrick Sookhdeo, the founder of anti-persecution charity Barnabas Aid, has been suspended, along with 3 other key figures following allegations of financial mismanagement and toxic work culture. Trus...
Italian scientists claim to have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the Shroud of Turin, the cloth believed by many to have been used to wrap Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. Using a "...
Gloucester Cathedral has launched a new initiative to acknowledge its historical links to slavery. QR codes will be added to monuments throughout the cathedral, providing information about their conne...
Concerns have been raised over the potential risks of deporting vulnerable asylum seekers under Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's new immigration plans, as new research shows Christians make up the l...
