The Bishop of Blackburn is among senior clergy reporting bumper attendances at churches for Holy Week and Easter services. According to The Telegraph, Rt Rev Philip North said early indications in his ...

President Donald Trump has launched a new task force aimed at cracking down on what he calls “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government. The group met for the first time on Tuesday at the ...

An American missionary who was dramatically rescued from captivity in South Africa has publicly thanked God for bringing him home safely. Josh Sullivan, a pastor from Tennessee, was abducted by armed ...

Predict who the next pope will be at your peril. An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, or money, in any presumed front-runner ahead of the conclave, the closed-door gathering of cardinals ...

The US state of Alabama has passed a trio of bills, including a mandate to display the Ten Commandments in schools, a ban on LGBT pride flags, and restrictions on gender-related discussions and ...

A disgraced former vicar who stole nearly £6,000 from church funds sent a series of abusive, drunken texts to the Bishop of Blackburn, telling him to “go to hell,” a court heard. Father Matthew ...

A Nigerian bishop has issued a strong condemnation of the government’s failure to protect Christians, following a week of brutal attacks that left nearly 200 believers dead - including 56 killed in a ...

Easter for Palestinian Christians has been fraught, as Israeli forces have barred many from entering Jerusalem to attend the church of the Holy Sepulchre. A video circulated online shows officers ...