Tributes have been paid to the founder and director of The Christian Institute, Colin Hart. The 60-year-old, died suddenly on Wednesday aftenroon of a suspected heart attack. Rev Dr Richard Turnbull, ...
Michale Gove has said he is exercising “Christian forgiveness” towards Tory donor and businessman Frank Hester over his comments about Labour MP Diane Abbott. Speaking to Sky News on Thurs...
A Methodist minister and member of the House of Lords says the escalating violence in Haiti is the result of a failure of years of international policy. Scores of people in the country have been kille...
Over 700 medical professionals are urging MPs to back a change in the law which would lower the abortion time limit from 24 to 22 weeks. In a letter to all 650 MPs, they call on them to vote in suppor...
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have cautioned the UK Government that their proposed new definition of extremism may cause "more division." Communities Secretary Michael Gove is due t...
The Church of England will not adopt a set of cast-iron criteria when deciding whether to baptise asylum seekers as it was impossible to see into someone's heart, a bishop said on Tuesday amid a r...
A former Church of England priest, Matthew Firth, has shed light on a concerning trend of asylum seekers seeking baptism, only to “melt away” when asked to become involved in the church co...
A woman who was famously arrested for praying in her head close to an abortion clinic, will testify “tolerance over censorship” on Tuesday, as proposed buffer zone legislation is considere...
The national debt help charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has sounded the alarm about the growing number of UK households on low incomes being pulled into debt, simply to pay for essential livin...
A Dorset pensioner is facing trial after holding up a sign near an abortion clinic which read: “Here to talk if you want to.” While Livia Tossici-Bolt was holding the sign at the facility ...
Two bishops have jointly expressed their support for Amendment 172 to the Victims and Prisoners Bill. The amendment is currently at the Committee Stage in the House of Lords. It calls for the central ...
After announcing a 2p cut in national insurance in the Spring Budget on Wednesday, the Chancellor has said he wants to eventually scrap it altogether. Jeremy Hunt has said he thinks it’s a doubl...
Christians in the UK are expressing unease over a proposed government update to the definition of extremism. The revised definition, drafted to combat extremist ideologies, has some worried it could u...
British teenagers believe they will have a worse life than their parents, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by YouGov for children’s charity Barnardo’s, shed light on the appr...
"You can be a practicing Hindu and a proud Briton, as I am. Or a devout Muslim and a patriotic citizen, as so many are. Or a committed Jewish person and the heart of your local community, all und...
Oxfam and Christian Aid will receive funds from the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF) to assist displaced people and their host communities in South Sudan and Ethiopia with...
Thousands of Russians chanted Alexei Navalny's name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday. At a cemetery not f...
A prominent human rights lawyer has expressed concerns about a Private Member’s Bill (PMBs) on conversion therapy proposed by a Labour MP, asserting that it could “constitute a seriou...
Christian Aid has said the UK government has neglected its legal and moral duty to do everything in its power to work to end the humanitarian suffering in Gaza. The statement was made after it was con...
Justin Welby admits mistake over refusal to meet Palestinian pastor The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed deep regret over his initial decision not to meet with well-known Palestinian past...
