Two teenagers are due to appear in court on Monday after a female vicar was carjacked as she left her church in Hull.

The Boys Brigade is urging advertisers to stop presenting a single "perfect body" image after new research found boys are skipping meals and taking steroids in an attempt to achieve it.

The Muslim veil should be banned from shopping centres and public transport, a Christian politician in the contest to become Ukip's new leader will claim on Wednesday.

A retired Catholic bishop who went to the aid of civil rights protesters gunned down by British soldiers during Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland has died at the age of 82. 

The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippians has raised concerns after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked more than 150 judges, mayors, politicians and military personnel to illegal drugs. 

The Archbishop of York's offered his congratulations to Great Britain's Adam Peaty, who's won the 400m breaststroke gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

Neither side in the brutal civil war in Syria actually want peace, Pope Francis has said.

South Africa's ruling party suffered its worst election setback since taking power at the end of apartheid, just days after its leader said it would be in government "until Jesus comes back".

The decline in the number of people calling themselves Christians has halted, new figures suggest.

A Christian refugee who was forced to jump off a sinking boat in the middle of the ocean has won her heat at the Olympics in Rio.

Christians still in Iraq are pledging to stay in the country and help rebuild it after Islamic State (IS) is defeated.

Items with crosses on them are being confiscated across North Korea as the secretive state begins its latest crackdown on Christianity.

A nun based in the war torn Syrian city of Aleppo says she is committed to staying there, despite an ongoing bombardment.

A Christian activist in China has been sentenced after admitting subversion, state media reported.