Congolese bishops have issued a statement on the grave challenges facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by internal armed conflict and external exploitation. Delivered to the Cathol...
The UK and 17 other nations have issued a joint statement calling for the release of all the hostages being held in Gaza. More than 250 were taken by Hamas militants on October 7th and it's unclea...
Survivors of Church-related abuse say “the devil will be in the detail” of the Church of England’s National Redress Scheme, which has just been published. It...
A gospel singer and American Idol star whose death shocked many did not die in suspicious circumstances, police have said. Mandisa Hundley, 47, was found dead at her home in Franklin, Tennessee, last ...
Evangelist Rico Tice has split with the Church of England, saying it has abandoned its Biblical views on sexuality and he needed to “demonstrate some clear separation” from it. The Anglica...
A Russian Orthodox priest who led a memorial service last month at the grave of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been suspended from clerical duties and ordered to serve three years of "...
The Bishop of St Davids has expressed his deep concern following a stabbing incident at a school in Carmarthenshire on Wednesday. Rt Rev Dorrien Davies says his thoughts and prayers are with the injur...
The Church of England says that services at a church made famous by the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral are set to become less frequent unless a churchwarden is found. St Michael's...
Aid to the Church in Need has called on the UK government to take action, following a fresh wave of attacks on Christians in Nigeria and an apparent lack of accountability. The Catholic charity presen...
Australian police have arrested seven teenagers suspected of extremist ideology in counter-terrorist raids connected to the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney. The youths are part of the same network as t...
Spain is to set up a fund, to be financed largely by the Catholic Church, to compensate an estimated 440,000 victims of decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, staff or teachers, the justice minis...
A US pastor has apologised to his congregation for inviting professional sword swallower Alex Magala and pastor Mark Driscoll to the church's men's conference. The conference organiser and lea...
Father Melito Dias, celebrated as Pakistan's oldest clergyman, passed away on 18th April at the age of 97, leaving behind a legacy of devotion to faith and education. His passing was due to old ag...
The Bible that Jacqueline Kennedy turned to for solace and inspiration immediately after President John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination is set to be auctioned this month. Just hours after JFK'...
Buffer zones around abortion clinics, preventing protests, are necessary to protect vulnerable women, the Scottish Parliament’s health committee has ruled. MSPs in the committee unanimously agre...
Images have been released of twelve men wanted for their involvement in a riot outside a church, following the stabbing of two church leaders. A bishop was attacked multiple times in his head and...
A woman charged with the murder of her former parents-in-law in a case which made headlines around the world, has again appeared in court. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared by video lin...
The Anglican Diocese of Leeds has marked its 10th anniversary this weekend, with a special service at Bradford Cathedral. The service was in part led by Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of Y...
A bishop in Africa has accused some of the continent's governments of dishonesty and failing to deliver aid to the most vulnerable. Bishop Miguel Ángel Nguema Bee of Ebibey&i...
A new pilgrimage route highlighting the role of royal women in Kent who were crucial to the development of Christianity in England is being launched. The route, known as the Royal Kentish Camino conne...
