A Church of Scotland minister who helped prisoners of war escape a hilltop fort through a sewer system has been honoured in France. A memorial plaque marking the work of Rev Dr Donald Caskie has been...
The Church of Scotland has organised a special memorial service to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. A memorial service will be held in Glasgow at Cathcart Old Parish Church...
The Church of Scotland is challenging the government to do more to fight fuel poverty. It's released a special report which says a house is in fuel poverty if, in order to maintain a satisfacto...
The Church of Sweden has urged its clergy to use gender-neutral language when referring to God, refraining from using terms like "Lord" and "He" in favour of th The move is one of several taken by th...
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda walked out of the Primates Gathering in Canterbury on Tuesday amid accusations he was being "manipulated". Archbishop Stanley Ntagali moved a resolution to ask ...
A church in Dublin says it forgives the man who interrupted its service, threatening the congregation with a gun. The incident happened at the Compassion Centre in Ballymun at about midday on Sunday ...
Those attending a megachurch in the United States on New Years' Day are being offered "free mortgage and rent payments". The New Light Christian Center in Houston has made the pledge ahead of a Splen...
A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Boston says the Church is trying to heal those affected by the Boston bombing. A spokesperson for the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston says the Church is trying to...
Prosecutors have seized documents in raids on Roman Catholic Church offices in two cities in Chile as part of an investigation into growing clergy sex abuse sca The move came as Vatican investigators...
Plans for Vladimir Putin and the French President to open a new church in central Paris have been called off, amid growing tensions over the conflict in Syria. France revised the timetable for a visi...
Churches in Hong Kong are offering food, shelter, first aid and support to all sides involved in the pro-democracy protests. Tens of thousands of activists are angry because China has preselected the...
The Catholic Church in France is opposing changes in the law, which will allow certain businesses in the country to be open on a Sunday, and throughout the week It's claimed the French National Assem...
The church in Zambia is speaking out after the president created a new body to oversee religious affairs in the country. The Catholic Church has been vocal in its opposition to the creation of ...
The church pastor who is thought to have carried the Ebola virus to Goma, a large city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has died. Daniel Kubuya Mastaki, 46, is the first to die from the disease i...
The Catholic Church in Australia has rejected a recommendation by a government inquiry that priests must report evidence of child sex abuse disclosed in the con The recommendation that priests could ...
A Coptic Christian church in Egypt has reopened less than a month after it was the target of a suicide bombing which killed 27 people. Scorch marks and scars on marble columns and stone walls of St P...
One of the church's leading figures in child protection said the findings of a new report which found genes play a "substantial" role in sex offending should be However Simon Bass, the CEO of the Chu...
A Christian girl who impressed American Idol judges with her audition was able to make it to the show thanks to her church. Kalifa Wilson, also known as "Kai the Singer," performed The Temptations "M...
Hundreds of people have attended a church service in the German town of Haltern after 16 students and two teachers were killed in the GermanWings plane crash. There are no survivors from the 144 pass...
A church service has been held for the victims who died in an earthquake in central Italy last week. The Evening Mass was the second state funeral for victims of the August 24 disaster which flattene...
