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A Catholic school was placed on lockdown in Glasgow following sightings of a man carrying two machetes in public. Police say an officer was injured following an arrest at a disturbance in Hill Street...

A 15-year-old pupil stabbed teacher Ann Maguire to death in a "completely irrational act stemming from a deep seated grudge", a senior detective has told the in Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen s...

A law firm head has been charged with the murder of a Catholic school teacher who was found dead in a hotel on Christmas Eve.  Carl Langdell, 26, of Waltham Cross was charged on Christmas Day wi...

A Catholic school in North Yorkshire is trying to change the way teenagers approach alcohol by allowing them to drink. Rugby School and Ampleforth College, with an adjoining monastery, are letting te...

A top Catholic school has launched a legal challenge against an allegation it was discriminating against non-Catholics in its admissions policy. The London Oratory was accused by the Office of the Sc...

The body which represents Catholic schools in England Wales says its "essential" to teach children as young as four about relationships, but it "can't imagine" The Catholic Education Service also sa...

Catholics will be discussing how their faith plays a part in education during Catholic Schools week which has been launched on Sunday in Ireland.  It will run from Sunday 31st January to Saturda...

The first Catholic service to be held at Hampton Court in more than 450 years will take place today.  History will be made when Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the head of t...

A Catholic teenager who says he was hung up on a cross and filmed by workmates had told a court he felt "ashamed" and "embarrassed". The man, who is now 19, said he believed his colleagues were "taki...

The Archbishop of Edinburgh and St Andrews has told a prominent English Catholic theologian she cannot lecture on Church property because of her views on gay ma Rt Rev Leo Cushely wrote to Tina Beatt...

A Catholic Conservative MP known for his staunch opposition to abortion has said he would support reducing the term limit on abortions by "as many weeks as poss Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg reite...

The pop star and Christian Tulisa Contostavlos is to appear on the X Factor again after being sacked from the show. She's been brought back to replace judge and former Spice Girl Mel B who is ill.Tul...

Catholic students have been told they cannot take part in official societies at Cardiff University after the students' union adopted a pro-choice policy on abor The university chaplain, the Very Rev ...

A day before a court is due to rule on the "gay cake" row in Northern Ireland, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican presidential candidate has said he bel A similar debate is taking place in No...

A cheque from Anglican church-goers to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral following a burglary has been welcomed as "a moving gesture of friendship". Leaders from the Catholic landmark say they were "o...

Catholics who want to be cremated cannot have their ashes scattered, divvied up or kept at home, the Vatican has ruled. In new guidelines the Church said cremation remains should instead be stored in...

Christians across Britain are celebrating life, as part of the Catholic Church's annual Day for Life.  Day for Life was initially created by Pope John Paul II, as a way of commemorating life fro...

Christian and Labour MP Stephen Pound has told Premier it's time UK politics has a "strong voice for Christ in parliament". He explained that's why he joined the new Catholics for Labour group that w...

Scottish Catholics with an Irish background are the most likely religious group to vote yes at the independence referendum. A poll shows 40% of Catholics support independence, compared to just 17% of...

The Bishop of Shrewsbury's revealed Catholics in England and Wales are to be given guidance on how to vote in May's general election. Rt Revd Mark Davies said bishops have been working on the documen...