An Anglican priest on the island of Tenerife made the tough decision that her church service would go ahead, despite record temperatures and a forest fire which threatened her own home. Rev ...
Russia on Saturday demanded the immediate release of a senior Orthodox cleric detained in Kyiv on suspicion of inflaming religious hatred and justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A Kyiv court ...
Christians are being urged to pray for a Catholic priest who was left in critical condition after being attacked with a machete on church grounds. The incident occurred at St John the Evangelist Catho...
The Vatican and Vietnam are due to take a major step towards improving their long strained relations by finalising a deal in which Hanoi will allow the Holy See to have a resident representative in th...
Pope Francis has approved a new bishop of Shanghai as the Vatican chided China for transferring him there without consultation, in violation of bi-lateral accords. A Vatican statement on Saturday said...
A Kyiv court on Friday ordered pre-trial detention for a senior cleric of a branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with historic links to Moscow on suspicion of sympathising with Russia's invasio...
More than 160 faith leaders worldwide have written a letter to European Union lawmakers urging them to establish a robust legal framework that ensures companies are held accountable for environmental ...
A review of all faith-based programming in Alaska’s Department of Corrections has led to an interim ban on the use of alcoholic communion wine in the state’s prisons. As Catholic doctrine ...
A Finnish politician at the centre of a four year legal battle after tweeting a Bible verse says she would do it all again. Päivi Räsänen is a member of the Christian Democrats, and was...
The first timber truss has been lifted into place at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The iconic building is being lovingly restored after it was partially destroyed by fire in 2019. Eight oak trees wer...
A Christian nurse has spoken of her “joy” after escaping perilous danger in Pakistan over blasphemy charges, and starting her new life in North America. Tabitha Nazir Gill, aged 32, made h...
The European Parliament has approved an urgency resolution demanding the government of India “take urgent steps to restore calm” in Manipur, where ethnically-driven violence has seen the C...
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...
