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...
Thousands of Catholics in the UK will gather on Sunday by the sea to pray for "a re-flourishing of faith across the British Isles". The Rosary on the Coast event will see people assemble at more than...
Scotland's former First Minister has said future studies will show that Catholics voted yes in the independence referendum whilst Protestants voted no. Alex Salmond was speaking to a group of support...
A new poll has revealed that a third of Catholics would change their lifestyle to be more friendly to the planet if Pope Francis told them to. The survey of 1,049 Catholics in England and Wales, for ...
The kids' BBC TV channel has launched a programme covering the values of different faiths and cultures. The show, called Treasure Champs, has already had one three minute preview episode and wi...
TV presenter Gemma Hunt, from the popular CBeebies programme Swashbuckle, is hosting three services at churches on Sunday with pirate-themed games and songs. Gemma, a Christian who has also presented...
Rolf Harris has been sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison after being found guilty of 12 indecent assaults against four girls. One was just seven or eight when he groped her when she asked for...
Churches Child Protection Advisory Service says report into Jimmy Savile which describes him as a 'prolific predatory sex offender' shows more safeguards are no The Churches Child Protection Advisory...
Magdalena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek have both been sentenced to a minimum of 30 years behind bars A mother and her lover have been jailed for at least 30 years for murdering a four-year-old boy who...
Alan Greaves was attacked as he walked to midnight mass on Christmas Eve in High Green in Sheffield. Police investigating the murder of a church organist have released CCTV footage of two men they wa...
Gloucester Cathedral has installed 25 CCTV cameras as it tries to reduce anti-social behaviour in and around the building. The grounds of the cathedral are said to be used as an escape route for shop...
Sir Roger Penrose, a leading cosmologist who worked with Stephen Hawking to develop the theory that predicted the beginning of space and time in the Big Bang, h Produced by Premier Christian Radio's ...
Hundreds of celebrities have prayed and sang hymns at a packed tribute service to the late Sir Terry Wogan at Westminster Abbey. The Irish broadcaster's voice filled the vast church as recordings fro...
Ex-Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey and Paul Daniels' widow Debbie McGee have signed up to "live as pilgrims" for a new BBC show. The Pilgrimage, a three-part series, will track famou...
Ex-Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey and Paul Daniels' widow Debbie McGee have signed up to "live as pilgrims" for a new BBC show. The Pilgrimage, a three-part series, will track famou...
New research has revealed celebrities are twice as likely to divorce than ordinary people. The figures from the Marriage Foundation found 50% of all celeb marriages which started between 2001 and 201...
