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Thousands of people have taken part in a United Day of Prayer for Ukraine. Sunday's event was held in Holhofa Church in the city of Lviv and approximately 3,000 people attended the event in person...

 Israelis and Palestinians face "pain and mourning" over the Christmas period as the war in the Gaza Strip rages on, Pope Francis said on Tuesday, calling for prayers and "tangible...

Teachers should inform parents if their child wishes to change their gender identity at school, unless the child is believed to be put at significant risk by doing so. That's according to newly pu...

A formal complaint has been made after a charity volunteer was forcefully moved off a street by council officials while she prayed near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth. 63-year-old Livia Tossici-Bol...

Reports that the Pope has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, are being dismissed by conservative Catholics. The Associated Press said on Monday that a new document, from the...

The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals...

Two vicars have become one of the first same-sex couples to be blessed at a Church of England service. Last week the Church of England announced that priests could use prayers of blessi...

The Archbishop of Canterbury says his memory is only as good as his dog's after a documentary revealed he had fluffed the prayers during a rehearsal for the King's Coronation. Most Rev Ju...

The Archbishop of Cardiff has announced that he wants to merge two Catholic dioceses in Wales. Most Rev Mark O’Toole who is also the Bishop of Menevia, has issued a pastoral letter to the commun...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has expressed his horror at an attack by Israeli forces on the Holy Family Parish compound in ...

Two Christian women have been killed in the Catholic Church compound in Gaza City. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem confirmed in a statement that an Israeli sniper murdered the women inside the Hol...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail....

A kind-hearted schoolboy has donated 250 gifts to The Salvation Army’s Present Appeal which ensures vulnerable children have a parcel to open on Christmas morning. It is the second time 11 year ...

The Lib Dem MP Layla Moran is appealing for help for her family and others who are trapped in the compound of the Catholic Church in Gaza City. In a post on social media site X she said her famil...

Five Christian women have held a nativity-themed climate change protest inside the National Gallery in London. The members of Christian Climate Action stood in front of a 15th-century Filippino Lippi ...

Churches on the island of Maui are putting denominational differences aside, and joining together for Christmas services, for congregations whose churches were lost in the devastating fire four months...

Ukraine's Interior Ministry on Friday placed the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, a backer of the Kremlin's 21-month-old war against Kyiv, on a wanted list after security services accused...

Catholic single mothers should be encouraged and not prevented from taking part in Holy Communion, the church has affirmed, in a letter which seeks to clarify the doctrinal position on the matter. The...

A church in Texas has sparked a backlash on social media for holding an extravagant Christmas service, which featured nearly 1,000 performers, including flying angels and real sheep and camels. A...

A new Bishop of Carlisle won’t be appointed before 2025 after the Crown Nominations Commission failed to decide on a suitable candidate. In a statement, the Archbishop of York Most Rev Stephen C...