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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called upon the king of Saudi Arabia to halt the executions of 14 young people for being involved in protests five years ago. The retired Anglican bishop urged King Salman...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has attended a special service to mark four decades of service as a bishop. Hundreds gathered with the Nobel peace prize winner at St Mary's Cathedral in central Johannesburg....

The retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated with an intensive course of anti-biotics to treat a "persistent infection". A statement from his foundation said he would spend a second night in ...

The Archbishop of Sydney has told Australians the UK serves as a warning against the "profound ramifications" of legalising gay marriage. The Most Rev Glenn Davies urged voters to oppose plans to all...

Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi says the Peshawar attack shows the Taliban "will stop at nothing now". The leader of Catholics in the country has urged the government to increase security, arguin...

Trustworthy people in the church could accept and sensitively share secrets about where the IRA's "Disappeared" victims are buried, the head of Irish Four people abducted and killed by rep...

A Nigerian Archbishop has warned there could be a civil war in his country between Christians and Muslims, if believers take revenge for the continuing attacks Archbishop of Jos Most Rev Benjamin Kw...

The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope in Italy to celebrate 50 years of efforts to strengthen relations within Christianity. The Most Rev Justin Welby and Pope Francis are attending a spec...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the famine in South Sudan a "dire situation" requiring urgent humanitarian and prayerful response. His comments come as famine has been declared in parts of th...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has hosted his first Q&A over social media.  The leader of the Church of England responded to questions asked on Twitter using the hashtag #askJustinWelby.One Tw...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has said Donald Trump's travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries risks making the dangers faced by Christians in The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal...

In a letter from the head of both the Protestant church and the Catholic Church in England, Archbishop Justin Welby and the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Writing to the Israeli ambassador in t...

The situation in Yemen following two years of civil war could not be more serious, the country's Anglican Archdeacon has told Premier. Fr Bill Schwartz OBE has spoken amid a warning from the United N...

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the United States has announced a compensation package worth $21 million for the victims of sexual abuse by clergy. Following four and half years of legal battles in w...

The Archdiocese of New Jersey have confirmed that they are concerned about a priests contentious comments on Twitter and will be addressing some of the comments Fr Peter West, who has more than 3,000...

Argentina's Catholic Church is launching an investigation into whether four nuns helped a former government official who allegedly tried to hide £6.8 million i Probe leader Revd Tom O'Donnell said t...

Any suggestions of an issue between Pope Francis and Argentina's president have been dismissed after the pontiff reportedly refused a donation which featured '6 The South American country's governmen...

A Baptist pastor who works with the vulnerable in Argentina has literally dodged a bullet. Marcelo Nieva from Río Tercero, Cordoba Province, was shot at multiple times, along with church member Dani...

The president of Argentina has cancelled a planned trip to the Vatican next month after fracturing her ankle. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was due to meet Pope Francis along with her Chilean count...

A number of churches in Arizona are offering refuge to migrants in the region after a crackdown was launched to deport people who entered the United States ille The Department of Homeland Security ha...