A year-long pilot study into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Switzerland has revealed over 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century. Swiss Catholic authorities commissioned the independent st...
An investigation has been launched into the Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBC) following allegations of the mishandling of sexual abuse cases by several of its members. Six bishops were accused of co...
Peter and Laura Toganivalu have announced they're launching a new church in Sydney – the city which is home to Hillsong, the church founded by her father Brian Houston. The couple, who had p...
Birmingham Churches Together are hosting a night of prayer for the city, following its council's effective declaration of bankruptcy on Tuesday. Christians and faith leaders are invited to pray fo...
A disabled Christian farm worker who was abducted by Muslim landlords in Pakistan has died, after being subjected to extreme violence. Ahsan Masih was forcibly detained at gunpoint in the Faisalabad r...
The attempted murder of a pastor in Faisalabad, Pakistan has highlighted the vulnerability of religious minorities in the region. Pastor Eleazar Sindhu, also known as Vicky was attacked on his way hom...
Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland have been asking if they need to bring their personal firearms along to Mass, following safety concerns after last month's police data breach. Superint...
A recent survey has revealed nearly one in four UK adults could not afford an unexpected bill of £200. The YouGov poll found that 28 per cent of UK adults felt financially insecure, while more t...
A Christian doctor has been told he "overstepped the boundaries" while talking about religion and praying with a patient but was ultimately found not guilty of serious misconduct following a...
The Reverend Dr Michael Volland has been announced as the new Bishop of Birmingham. He’ll replace The Right Reverend David Urquhart, who retired last October. Dr Volland will move to the M...
Pip Willcox has been appointed the new Head of Lambeth Palace Library. Pip will be responsible for the Library’s mission to collect, preserve, and make the memory of the Church of England m...
The first complete translation of Mohawk language Bible has been published in Canada. Portions of the Bible in Mohawk were first published in 1715 in New York as part of a book of Morn...
The Vatican has responded to fallout from the Pope’s recent comments about “mother Russia” which have been condemned as praise towards the country’s imperialist past. In a prep...
Climate campaigners staged a vigil at the popular Christian festival Greenbelt to urge all charities present to stop using Barclays banking services. Organised by Christian Climate Action (CCA), the v...
The Catholic Archbishop of Edinburgh has written an appeal to the city’s Education Committee pleading with them to protect the voting rights of Church representatives. A motion to remove them wo...
The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), which supports Christian Unions across the UK has apologised for the "significant" delay in its investigation proceedings foll...
A Nigerian court has granted protection to an 18-year-old Christian whose life was threatened by family members after she converted from Islam to Christianity. Mary Olowe, not her real name, filed for...
The bishop who preached at Harry and Meghan’s wedding has been discharged from hospital after experiencing internal bleeding for a second time this year. Bishop Michael Curry, the Presiding Bish...
A recent study has detected a rise in the number of American churches that teach Prosperity Gospel - the idea that increased financial contributions to their churches and charitable causes will r...
A bishop has threatened to excommunicate an order of Catholic nuns in Texas who banned him from their monastery over concerns of “spiritual safety” in the latest developments in a religiou...
