The Bishop-elect of Plymouth has stepped back from active ministry just three weeks before his ordination. Fifty-four year-old Canon Christopher Whitehead, a priest in the Diocese of Clifton, was due ...
Turkish authorities have formally arrested 25 suspects in connection with the shooting of a man during a service at a church in Istanbul last weekend, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Friday. Am...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his sadness at the closure of a Christian telephone line. The Daily Hope closed on Wednesday after four years because of a lack of funding. It was launched i...
More than 40 bishops from the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales have taken part in shared worship and a pilgrimage to the shrine of St Julian in a two-day meeting in...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is accused of seeking to control Hong Kong churches, according to a new report. The study titled Hostile Takeover: The CCP and Hong Kong’s Religious Communities cla...
Churches are being urged to help alleviate the pressure on the NHS by opening their church halls to pharmacy services. Professor Francis Davis who is an NHS non-executive director says new rules enabl...
A man in the US state of Ohio has been jailed for throwing explosives at a church that had a drag show in a list of events planned for the month. According to court documents, Aimenn Penny threw Molot...
Pastor and Christian radio personality Alistair Begg is standing firm amid controversy over remarks he made in a podcast last year, expressing that he is "not ready to repent." The comments, which rec...
A new study from the Wesley Theological Seminary has found that the United Methodist Church (UMC) has had a quarter of its churches leave the denomination over views on same-sex relationships. Accordi...
Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleged sexual assau...
A Christian futurist says AI brain implant technology could blur the understanding of what it means to be human and has urged Christians to engage in the debate on the subject. It's as Elon Musk c...
A media campaign promoting Holy Week in Seville, Spain has caused a stir within the Catholic community after an image of Christ wearing nothing but draped material has been denounced as “sexualised�...
There are calls for the Nigerian government to give urgent help to Christian farmers in order to prevent a food crisis. Christian charities are concerned that the unrelenting attacks against Christian...
A man who was killed by two Islamic State gunmen during Sunday service at a church in Istanbul had gone into the building while out for a walk, his cousin said on Monday, while authorities said the ...
MPs have taken a further step towards placing the role of the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief on a statutory footing, rather than keep it as an appointment at the di...
Germany has become the latest government to propose creating so-called ‘buffer zones’ around its country’s abortion clinics. A new draft bill, announced last week by Germany’s Federal Family M...
The head of the children's charity Spurgeons has welcomed the news that disposable vapes are to be banned and measures brought in to restrict vapes being marketed to youngsters. Setting out the pl...
Turkish authorities have captured two gunmen who shot one person dead on Sunday during a service at a church in Istanbul and who are believed to be tied to Islamic State, Interior Minister Ali Yerli...
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday he is confident critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples will eventually understand it, except for Africans who are "a spec...
President Joe Biden spoke about his faith at services on Sunday at an African-American church in South Carolina, as he works to bolster Black support likely to prove crucial to his re-election chanc...
