A Catholic bishop, who has been in jail for the last eleven months for criticising the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega, has been returned to prison after refusing to be exiled to Rome. Accordin...
After 13 weeks of ethnically-based violence in India’s troubled north-eastern state of Manipur, the European Parliament in Strasbourg is holding an emergency debate. But opposition to holding vo...
The Dutch prime-minister Mark Rutte tendered the resignation of his government to the King of the Netherlands over the weekend, after two of his coalition partners rejected his proposals over asy...
Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he would elevate 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group that will one day choose his successor after his death or resignat...
Fees charged by the Church of England for weddings are being described as “economically unjust”. A vicar in the Diocese of Blackburn, Rev Dr Tom Woolford has tabled a motion at the cu...
A new church has bucked the trend of numerical decline by selling out tickets to its recent prayer conference. The 2023 Next Level Prayer Conference, run by the Harvesters International Christian Cent...
Two monks in the war-torn city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, have spoken about their decision to remain and minister to the sick and elderly – despite knowing each day could be their last. Fat...
The Church of England says it's working on drafting new pastoral guidance and other material needed to allow same-sex couples to receive blessings from priests. The guidance will then be pres...
A church in Glasgow says it’s praying for the person who stole its foodbank supplies. Volunteers at the Free Church of Scotland on Holmfauldhead Place in Govan say they are saddened by the raid ...
The charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for charges against two pastors in Iran to be dropped as it believes they have been subjected to officially engineered harassment because of...
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he supports measures to force fossil fuel companies to stop drilling for new oil and gas. Most Rev Justin Welby was speaking to members of the campaign group Christia...
The Archbishop of York has suggested that the words ‘Our Father’ at the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer, may be “problematic”. Speaking at the opening of the Church of Eng...
Rev Richard Coles says he has shelved plans to become a prison chaplain because he doesn’t want to have a ‘humiliating’ conversation with a bishop about his same-sex relationshi...
A homeless person attends hospital in England every seven minutes, according to a new report by the Salvation Army. The church and charity submitted a Freedom of Information request to NHS Trusts in E...
Christians in a region of Cameroon which is notorious for violent extremism are celebrating the consecration of a new Cathedral this weekend. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin has been bui...
Policing in some areas of England and Wales is inadequate, according to a new report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services. The report graded areas of each of th...
The police showed up two days after a Catholic clergyman at a church near the Nicaraguan capital Managua delivered a Sunday sermon in May that included a prayer "for our priests." The office...
A Christian MP in the new Finnish government has been given a fresh court summons over her trial for tweeting a Bible verse. Dr. Päivi Räsänen is a former Interior Minister and Christia...
Pope Francis will travel to Mongolia at the end of August, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday, indicating that his health is improving well enough after surgery to be able to go to the remotest area he...
A number of United Methodist churches in Southern California who wish to cut ties with the United Methodist Church (UMC) over its inclusion of LGBTQ+ leaders say they are being met with unfair departu...
